GOVT 2225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Environmental Justice, Group Dynamics, Racial Segregation In The United States
31 Jan 2018
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Poor children lag behind their better-off peers on most achievement measures. Theses gaps grow over time via three complementary pathways. Goal -- explore whether moving from a high-poverty to a low-poverty neighborhood improved social and economic opportunities of low- income participants. 22 percent of household heads were employed at baseline. Overall findings from early evaluations were mixed with more null effects than expected. No consistent positive effects on child behavior or academics. Some improvements for adult mental and physical health. Recent studies provide very strong evidence for the positive impact of. Moving to a less poor neighborhood in childhood. Raised both college attendance rates and quality of college attended. Moving to a less poor neighborhood in adolescence had no significant impact on adult outcomes. Reduces children"s educational attainment and earnings in adulthood. Net of hh income, racial minorities are more likely to live in poor neighborhoods. Strong correlation between neighborhood poverty during childhood and as an adult.
