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- Title
Moved to Vote: The Long-Run Effects of Neighborhoods on Political Participation.
- Authors
Chyn, Eric; Haggag, Kareem
- Abstract
How does one's childhood neighborhood shape political engagement later in life? We study voting rates of children who were displaced by public housing demolitions and moved to higher opportunity areas using housing vouchers. Those displaced during childhood had 11% (2 pp) higher participation in the 2016 Presidential election and were 10% (2.9 pp) more likely to vote in any general election. We argue that the results are unlikely to be driven by changes in incarceration or parental outcomes but rather by political socialization or improvements in education and earnings. These results suggest that housing assistance programs may reduce inequality in political participation.
- Subjects
POLITICAL participation; UNITED States presidential election, 2016; HOUSING vouchers; PUBLIC housing; NEIGHBORHOODS
- Publication
Review of Economics & Statistics, 2023, Vol 105, Issue 6, p1596
- ISSN
0034-6535
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/rest_a_01207