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Title: Evidence on the Production of Cognitive Achievement from Moving to Opportunity

Citation Type: Miscellaneous

Publication Year: 2017

Abstract: This paper performs a subgroup analysis on the effect of receiving a Moving to Opportunity (MTO) housing voucher on test scores. I find evidence of heterogeneity by number of children in the household in Boston, gender in Chicago, and race/ethnicity in Los Angeles. To study the mechanisms driving voucher effect heterogeneity, I develop a generalized Rubin Causal Model and propose an estimator to identify transition-specific Local Average Treatment Effects (LATEs) of school and neighborhood quality. Although I cannot identify such LATEs with the MTO data, the analysis demonstrates that membership in a specific demographic group is more predictive of voucher effects than is the groups average change in school or neighborhood quality. I discuss some possible explanations.

Url: http://www.dionissialiprantis.com/pdfs/MTO_kids.pdf

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Authors: Aliprantis, Dionissi

Publisher: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Education, Gender, Housing and Segregation, Race and Ethnicity

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