The effects of exposure to better neighborhoods on children: New evidence from the moving to opportunity experiment

American Economic Review

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 855-902

  Chetty, Raj ^a   Hendren, Nathaniel ^b   Katz, Lawrence F ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; INCOME; MARRIAGE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; ILLEGITIMACY; INCOME; MARRIAGE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL MOBILITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962800101     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20150572     Document Type: Review

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