GOVT 2225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Concentrated Poverty
12 Jun 2016
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Moving to opportunity (mto) 1994-1998: baltimore, boston, chicago, la, and nyc. Goal explore whether moving from a high-poverty to a low-poverty neighborhood improved social and economic opportunities of low-income participants. Eligible families with children living in: public housing, high-poverty neighborhoods (poverty rate >= 40%) 22% of households headed were employed at baseline. Baltimore and chicago samples are almost 100% black. La and nyc are roughly 50% black, 50% hispanic. About 20% of the sample in boston is non-hispanic white or asian. Random assignment to 3 groups: low-poverty voucher group offered restricted section 8 voucher + mobility counseling 47% leased up, section 8 group offered conventional s8 voucher 68% leased up, control group no voucher, existing programs. Researchers are still evaluating the long-term impacts of this housing experiment. Student achievement can be impacted by both school and neighborhood contexts (above and beyond individual characteristics) School contexts seem to matter more than neighborhood contexts for achievement.
