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来源

来源 JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.82,P.12-31

语言

英文

关键字

J18;I21;J24;R28;Neighborhood externalities;Education;Urban policy

作者单位

Humboldt University Berlin and Germany Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, Germany;Centre for Economic Performance (CEE, CEP) and Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC) at the London School of Economics (LSE), London, UK;IZA, Bonn, Germany;Humboldt University Berlin and Germany Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, Germany;Centre for Economic Performance (CEE, CEP) and Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC) at the London School of Economics (LSE), London, UK;IZA, Bonn, Germany

摘要

Children who grow up in deprived neighborhoods underperform at school and later in life but whether there is a causal link remains contested. This study estimates the short-term effect of very deprived neighborhoods, characterized by a high density of social housing, on the educational attainment of fourteen years old students in England. To identify the causal impact, this study exploits the timing of moving into these neighborhoods. I argue that the timing can be taken as exogenous because of long waiting lists for social housing in high-demand areas. Using this approach, I find no evidence for negative short-term effects on teenage test scores.