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dc.contributor.authorSanbonmatsu, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorMarvakov, Jordan
dc.contributor.authorPotter, Nicholas A.
dc.contributor.authorYang, Fanghua
dc.contributor.authorAdam, Emma
dc.contributor.authorCongdon, William J.
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Greg J.
dc.contributor.authorGennetian, Lisa A.
dc.contributor.authorKatz, Lawrence F.
dc.contributor.authorKling, Jeffrey R.
dc.contributor.authorKessler, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorLindau, Stacy Tessler
dc.contributor.authorLudwig, Jens
dc.contributor.authorMcDade, Thomas W.
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-26T15:36:00Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifierQuick submit: 2014-02-21T23:58:16-05:00
dc.identifier.citationSanbonmatsu, Lisa, Jordan Marvakov, Nicholas A. Potter, Fanghua Yang, Emma Adam, William J. Congdon, Greg J. Duncan, Lisa A. Gennetian, Lawrence F. Katz, Jeffrey R. Kling, Ronald C. Kessler, Stacy Tessler Lindau, Jens Ludwig, and Thomas W. McDade. 2012. The Long-Term Effects of Moving to Opportunity on Adult Health and Economic Self-Sufficiency. Cityscape 14(2): 109-136.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1088—5951en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33950780
dc.description.abstractAdults living in high-poverty neighborhoods often fare worse than adults in more advantaged neighborhoods on their physical health, mental health, and economic well-being. Although social scientists have observed this association for hundreds of years, they have found it difficult to determine the extent to which the neighborhoods themselves affect well-being versus the extent to which people at greater risk for adverse outcomes live in impoverished neighborhoods. In this article, we examine neighborhood effects using data from the 10- to 15-year evaluation of the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) for Fair Housing demonstration, which offered randomly selected families a housing voucher. The experimental design of MTO allows us to isolate the effects of neighborhoods from selection bias. We find that, 10 to 15 years after enrolling participants, the program had very few detectable effects on economic well-being but had some substantial effects on the physical and mental health of adults. For adults whose families received the offer of a housing voucher that could be used to move only to a low-poverty neighborhood, we find health benefits in terms of lower prevalence of diabetes, extreme obesity, physical limitations, and psychological distress. For adults offered a Section 8 voucher, we find benefits in terms of less extreme obesity and lower prevalence of lifetime depression.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEconomicsen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUS Department of Housing and Urban Developmenten_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://www.huduser.org/portal/periodicals/cityscpe/vol14num2/ch4.htmlen_US
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://scholar.harvard.edu/lkatz/publications/long-term-effects-moving-opportunity-adult-health-and-economic-self-sufficiencyen_US
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dc.titleThe Long-Term Effects of Moving to Opportunity on Adult Health and Economic Self-Sufficiencyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.date.updated2014-02-22T04:59:55Z
dc.description.versionVersion of Recorden_US
dc.rights.holderLisa Sanbonmatsu, Jordan Marvakov, Nicholas A. Potter, Fanghua Yang, Emma Adam, William J. Congdon, Greg J. Duncan, Lisa A. Gennetian, Lawrence F. Katz, Jeffrey R. Kling, Ronald C. Kessler, Stacy Tessler Lindau, Jens Ludwig, Thomas W. McDade
dc.relation.journalCityscapeen_US
dash.depositing.authorKatz, Lawrence F.
dc.date.available2017-09-26T15:36:00Z
dash.affiliation.otherDepartment of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical Schoolen_US
dash.contributor.affiliatedKessler, Ronald
dash.contributor.affiliatedKatz, Lawrence


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