The Effects of Public Housing on Children: Evidence from Colombia. Working Paper 30090

Autor/inn/en	Camacho, Adriana; Duque, Valentina; Gilraine, Michael; Sanchez, Fabio
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Titel	The Effects of Public Housing on Children: Evidence from Colombia. Working Paper 30090
Quelle	(2022) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Public Housing; Outcomes of Education; Program Evaluation; Neighborhoods; High School Graduates; Graduation Rate; Scores; Exit Examinations; College Attendance; Surveys; Crime; Proximity; Community Characteristics; Foreign Countries; Correlation; Parent Child Relationship; Colombia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialer Wohnungsbau; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Lebensnähe; Ausland; Korrelation; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Kolumbien
Abstract	We analyze the effect of Colombia's ambitious "Free Housing" program on children's educational outcomes. The program was generous, giving free housing to beneficiaries in desirable areas. We evaluate the program by leveraging housing lotteries and linking applicants to their children. We find that public housing increases high school graduation by seven percentage points -- a seventeen percent increase relative to the control mean -- and boosts exit exam scores and college-going. Using a survey to explore mechanisms, lottery winners report better environmental conditions and shorter commute times. Their children also attend better schools and live in neighborhoods with less crime. [Additional funding for this project was provided by the Departamento Nacional de Planeacion (Contract 672-2019).] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01