Author: Alex Sarabia
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Where Children Live Matters: Housing Policy Effects on Education Outcomes
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Social scientists have long suspected that the demographic characteristics and attributes of neighborhoods affect the educational outcomes of the children who live in them. However, this hypothesis is challenging to test because people tend to self-select the neighborhoods in which they live. As a result, exogenous variation — a randomized…
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Demolition, Displacement, and the Effect on Children in Chicago Public Housing
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Housing is the foundation of a family’s life. This basic need determines the surrounding environment, the schools children attend, access to amenities, and even economic opportunities. Due to the essential service that housing provides, the US federal government spends about $50 billion annually on housing assistance for low-income families. However,…
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The Inequality of Poverty: How Places, Parents, and Poverty Affect the Gender Gap
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The environment in which children grow up affects the economic outcomes of men and women differently.
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Big Data in the Big City
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The era of “big” data in public policy has begun. In order to boost the value of survey data for urban use, researchers must make choices comparable and compatible with personal experiences.
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All Growth Is Local: Housing Supply and the Economics of Mobility
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Economists argue that more reasonable zoning regulations could boost social mobility, increase incomes, and expand economic growth.
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Moving to Opportunity: How Housing Policy Can Disrupt the Persistence of Poverty
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What matters for future economic success is the amount of childhood exposure to better neighborhoods.