TY - JOUR
T1 - Assisted Housing and the Educational Attainment of Children
AU - Newman, Sandra
AU - Harkness, Joseph
N1 - Funding Information:
1The authors gratefully acknowledge support from the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The paper has benefitted from the advice and insights of Amy Cutts, Greg Duncan, Robert Leonard, Robert Moffitt, Mark Shroder, and Peter Zorn. We thank Wei-Jun J. Yeung for sharing her database, David Kantor for programming assistance, and Sally Katz for help in production.
PY - 2000/3
Y1 - 2000/3
N2 - This paper examines the long-term effects of assisted housing on the educational attainment of children. It is based on unique data, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)-Assisted Housing Database, in which we have matched addresses of all PSID sample members to addresses of federal and state assisted housing. Using a two-stage instrumental variable approach, the inferior educational outcomes of children who live in public housing disappear when measured characteristics are taken into account, while unmeasured characteristics have insignificant effects. We also find neither positive nor negative effects of privately owned assisted housing. These findings are similar to those on the effects of other social welfare programs.
AB - This paper examines the long-term effects of assisted housing on the educational attainment of children. It is based on unique data, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)-Assisted Housing Database, in which we have matched addresses of all PSID sample members to addresses of federal and state assisted housing. Using a two-stage instrumental variable approach, the inferior educational outcomes of children who live in public housing disappear when measured characteristics are taken into account, while unmeasured characteristics have insignificant effects. We also find neither positive nor negative effects of privately owned assisted housing. These findings are similar to those on the effects of other social welfare programs.
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U2 - 10.1006/jhec.2000.0259
DO - 10.1006/jhec.2000.0259
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0007837478
SN - 1051-1377
VL - 9
SP - 40
EP - 63
JO - Journal of Housing Economics
JF - Journal of Housing Economics
IS - 1-2
ER -