(MTO), a lottery that offered poor families vouchers to move out of public housing into private apartments. Drawing on recently collected vote history data, this study reveals that MTO has had the unintended consequence of reducing voter turnout among participating adults. The low turnout may be due to the loss of social ties that accompanied mobility. The findings suggest that residential mobility, a popular tool in the fight against poverty, may strain poor Americans ’ weak ties to the political system
Civic engagement, particularly voter turnout, has declined as economic inequality and economic resid...
Housing mobility programs enable families living in high-poverty neighborhoods to relocate to lower-...
Housing mobility programs enable families living in high-poverty neighborhoods to relocate to lower-...
(MTO), a lottery that offered poor families vouchers to move out of public housing into private apar...
In 1994, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development launched the Moving to Opportunity for...
Abstract: A large and growing literature documents the negative sociological and economic outcomes ...
W. examine the characteristics of a largely ignored low-turnout group-people who have recently moved...
Summary. Poverty concentration in urban neighbourhoods may have detrimental long-term effects on res...
How does moving to another community affect political participation? This project has pursued a thor...
Moving to Opportunity (MTO) is a demonstration designed to ensure a rigorous evaluation of the effec...
Abstract This paper finds evidence of positive neighborhood effects on adult labor market outcomes u...
We study adult economic and health outcomes in the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) demonstration, a rand...
Educational failure is one of the costliest and most visible problems associated with ghetto poverty...
The Moving to Opportunity (MTO) housing experiment has proven to be an important intervention not ju...
This study focuses on 540 households originally living in public housing in high-poverty areas of Bo...
Civic engagement, particularly voter turnout, has declined as economic inequality and economic resid...
Housing mobility programs enable families living in high-poverty neighborhoods to relocate to lower-...
Housing mobility programs enable families living in high-poverty neighborhoods to relocate to lower-...
(MTO), a lottery that offered poor families vouchers to move out of public housing into private apar...
In 1994, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development launched the Moving to Opportunity for...
Abstract: A large and growing literature documents the negative sociological and economic outcomes ...
W. examine the characteristics of a largely ignored low-turnout group-people who have recently moved...
Summary. Poverty concentration in urban neighbourhoods may have detrimental long-term effects on res...
How does moving to another community affect political participation? This project has pursued a thor...
Moving to Opportunity (MTO) is a demonstration designed to ensure a rigorous evaluation of the effec...
Abstract This paper finds evidence of positive neighborhood effects on adult labor market outcomes u...
We study adult economic and health outcomes in the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) demonstration, a rand...
Educational failure is one of the costliest and most visible problems associated with ghetto poverty...
The Moving to Opportunity (MTO) housing experiment has proven to be an important intervention not ju...
This study focuses on 540 households originally living in public housing in high-poverty areas of Bo...
Civic engagement, particularly voter turnout, has declined as economic inequality and economic resid...
Housing mobility programs enable families living in high-poverty neighborhoods to relocate to lower-...
Housing mobility programs enable families living in high-poverty neighborhoods to relocate to lower-...