Urban Poverty and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility Experiment

S-Tier
Journal: Quarterly Journal of Economics
Year: 2001
Volume: 116
Issue: 2
Pages: 655-679

Authors (3)

Jens Ludwig (University of Chicago) Greg J. Duncan (not in RePEc) Paul Hirschfield (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

2.681 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper uses data from a randomized housing-mobility experiment to study the effects of relocating families from high- to low-poverty neighborhoods on juvenile crime. Outcome measures come from juvenile arrest records taken from government administrative data. Our findings seem to suggest that providing families with the opportunity to move to lower-poverty neighborhoods reduces violent criminal behavior by teens.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:oup:qjecon:v:116:y:2001:i:2:p:655-679.
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25