The durability of gains from the gautreaux two residential mobility program: A qualitative analysis of who stays and who moves from low-poverty neighborhoods

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-146

  Boyd, Melody L ^a   Edin, Kathryn ^b   Clampet Lundquist, Susan ^c   Duncan, Greg J ^d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Low income housing; Neighborhood; Policy; Vouchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957611295     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511481003599902     Document Type: Article

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