Achieving Escape Velocity: Neighborhood and School Interventions to Reduce Persistent Inequality

Roland G. Fryer and Lawrence Katz

American Economic Review, 2013, vol. 103, issue 3, 232-37

Abstract: This paper reviews the evidence on the efficacy of neighborhood and school interventions in improving the long-run outcomes of children growing up in poor families. We focus on studies exploiting exogenous sources of variation in neighborhoods and schools and which examine at least medium-term outcomes. Higher-quality neighborhoods improve family safety, adult subjective well-being and health, and girls' mental health. But they have no detectable impact on youth human capital, labor market outcomes, or risky behaviors. In contrast, higher-quality schools can improve children's academic achievement and can have longer-term positive impacts of increasing educational attainment and earnings and reducing incarceration and teen pregnancy.

JEL-codes: D31 D63 I21 I32 I38 J15 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.232
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