EconomicsEducationSociology
Alanna Bjorklund-Young
2016.4.2Journal of School Choice
tlooto Summary
Exposure to better neighborhoods improves educational outcomes for disadvantaged children, according to new evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment.
Abstract
That childhood poverty has a negative effect on educational outcomes is well established. Children from low-income families are only one third as likely to complete high school as their more fortun...
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BJORKLUND-YOUNG, Alanna. The effects of exposure to better neighborhoods on children: New evidence from the moving to opportunity experiment, by r. chetty, n. hendren, and l. f. katz. Journal of School Choice, 2016, 10: 276–279.