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Title: The Promise of Integration: Impact of HOPE VI Public Housing Demolitions on Neighborhood Crime in Chicago
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2023
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Abstract: This thesis examines the impact of a large income-mixing redevelopment program, specifically the HOPE VI public housing demolitions, on neighborhood public safety externalities in Chicago. To identify the causal effect of demolitions on crime reported by local law enforcement, I leverage the variation in the timing of program applications. Using a two-way fixed-effects specification, I find a significant reduction in crime following demolitions in the post-millennium years between 2001 and 2015. This result is generally robust to the inclusion of neighboring demolitions as spatial lags and addressing selection bias through matching. An event study further shows that the decrease in crime is dependent on time elapsed since the first tract-level housing demolitions and largely driven by implementations in entities with relatively higher socio-economic status. Overall, this study provides evidence that the demolitions of public housing units under the HOPE VI program induce a positive change in reported crime within neighborhoods.
Url: https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/media/5 Xinyu Ni Thesis May 2023.pdf
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Authors: Ni, Xinyu
Institution: Amherst College
Department: Economics
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Pages: 1-58
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Topics: Crime and Deviance, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Poverty and Welfare
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