Are public housing projects good for kids?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-124

  Currie, Janet ^a,b   Yelowitz, Aaron ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Education; H53; I18; Instrumental variables; J13; Public housing; R21; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002629258     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00065-1     Document Type: Article

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