Child Health and Neighborhood Conditions: Results from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment

Autor/inn/en	Fortson, Jane G.; Sanbonmatsu, Lisa
Titel	Child Health and Neighborhood Conditions: Results from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 45 (2010) 4, S.840-864 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Body Composition; Child Health; Housing; Environmental Influences; Injuries; Diseases; Program Effectiveness; Nutrition; Exercise; Safety; Mobility; Racial Differences; Gender Differences; Poverty; Age Differences; Violence; Parent Attitudes; California; Illinois; Maryland; Massachusetts; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Unterkunft; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Disease; Krankheit; Ernährung; Übung; Sicherheit; Mobilität; Mobilitätsförderung; Rassenunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Armut; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Gewalt; Elternverhalten; Kalifornien; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Using data from the Moving to Opportunity randomized housing voucher experiment, we estimate the direct effects of housing and neighborhood quality on child health. We show that, five years after random assignment, housing mobility has little impact on overall health status, asthma, injuries, and body mass index. The few effects that we observe imply that being offered a voucher through the program might worsen some aspects of child health, despite significant improvements in housing quality, nutrition and exercise, and neighborhood safety. Our results are inconsistent with the hypothesis that neighborhood conditions explain much of the widely-cited income gradient in child health. (Contains 22 footnotes, 7 tables, and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10