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April 16, 2008

Can Escaping from Poor Neighborhoods Increase Employment and Earnings?

From Urban Institute:

Is there a correlation between exposure to racially integrated, low poverty areas and employment outcomes?

Does moving from a poor, inner city neighborhood to a less poor area bring greater proximity to job opportunities, or contacts with new networks of neighbors who might steer movers to jobs?

Does living in a community where more people work increase motivation to work or to increase income?

In examining these questions for the MTO experimental movers, this brief finds that factors in addition to where people live affect their employment and earnings.

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Posted on April 16, 2008 10:57 PM


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