Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice
Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice
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10.3386/w26164
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2019-08
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Peter Bergman;Raj Chetty;Stefanie DeLuca;Nathaniel Hendren;Lawrence F. Katz;C. Palmer
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Peter Bergman;Raj Chetty;Stefanie DeLuca;Nathaniel Hendren;Lawrence F. Katz;C. Palmer
低收入家庭通常居住在向上流动性低的社区。我们研究了为什么使用随机试验与住房券接受者，提供信息，财政支持，和定制的搜索援助，以移动到高机会的社区。这种治疗使搬到高向上流动性地区的比例从15%增加到53%。第二项试验显示，这种治疗效果主要是由定制的搜索帮助驱动的。定性访谈表明，干预措施放宽了带宽限制，解决了家庭的具体需求。我们的研究结果表明，许多低收入家庭没有强烈的偏好留在低机会的地区，住房搜索的障碍显着增加收入的居住隔离。(JEL D83、G51、R21、R23、R31、R38）
Low-income families often live in low-upward-mobility neighborhoods. We study why by using a randomized trial with housing voucher recipients that provided information, financial support, and customized search assistance to move to high-opportunity neighborhoods. The treatment increased the fraction moving to high-upward-mobility areas from 15 to 53 percent. A second trial reveals this treatment effect is driven primarily by customized search assistance. Qualitative interviews show that the intervention relaxed bandwidth constraints and addressed family-specific needs. Our findings imply many low-income families do not have strong preferences to stay in low-opportunity areas and that barriers in housing search significantly increase residential segregation by income. (JEL D83, G51, R21, R23, R31, R38)