Episode 2: Eric Chyn on moving to better neighborhoods

Eric Chyn talks about the effect of moving to better neighborhoods on criminal justice involvement.

"Moved to Opportunity: The Long-Run Effects of Public Housing Demolition on Children" by Eric Chyn.

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OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• “Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects” by Jeffrey R. Kling, Jeffrey B. Liebman, and Lawrence F. Katz.

• “A natural experiment of the consequences of concentrating former prisoners in the same neighborhoods” by David S. Kirk.

• “The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment” by Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, and Lawrence F. Katz.

• “Does Growing Up in a High Crime Neighborhood Affect Youth Criminal Behavior?” By Anna Piil Damm and Christian Dustmann.