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Promoting the positive development of boys in high-poverty neighborhoods: Evidence from four anti-poverty experiments

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Snell, EK; Castells, N; Duncan, G; Gennetian, L; Magnuson, K; Morris, P
Published in: Journal of Research on Adolescence
June 1, 2013

This study uses geocoded address data and information about parents' economic behavior and children's development from four random-assignment welfare and anti-poverty experiments conducted during the 1990s. We find that the impacts of these welfare and anti-poverty programs on boys' and girls' developmental outcomes during the transition to early adolescence differ as a function of neighborhood poverty levels. The strongest positive impacts of these programs are among boys who lived in high-poverty neighborhoods at the time their parents enrolled in the studies, with smaller or nonstatistically significant effects for boys in lower-poverty neighborhoods and for girls across all neighborhoods. This research informs our understanding of how neighborhood context and child gender may interact with employment-based policies to affect children's well-being. © 2012 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence © 2012 Society for Research on Adolescence.

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Journal of Research on Adolescence

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1532-7795

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1050-8392

Publication Date

June 1, 2013

Volume

23

Issue

2

Start / End Page

357 / 374

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1607 Social Work
 

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Snell, E. K., Castells, N., Duncan, G., Gennetian, L., Magnuson, K., & Morris, P. (2013). Promoting the positive development of boys in high-poverty neighborhoods: Evidence from four anti-poverty experiments. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23(2), 357–374. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12014
Snell, E. K., N. Castells, G. Duncan, L. Gennetian, K. Magnuson, and P. Morris. “Promoting the positive development of boys in high-poverty neighborhoods: Evidence from four anti-poverty experiments.” Journal of Research on Adolescence 23, no. 2 (June 1, 2013): 357–74. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12014.
Snell EK, Castells N, Duncan G, Gennetian L, Magnuson K, Morris P. Promoting the positive development of boys in high-poverty neighborhoods: Evidence from four anti-poverty experiments. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 2013 Jun 1;23(2):357–74.
Snell, E. K., et al. “Promoting the positive development of boys in high-poverty neighborhoods: Evidence from four anti-poverty experiments.” Journal of Research on Adolescence, vol. 23, no. 2, June 2013, pp. 357–74. Scopus, doi:10.1111/jora.12014.
Snell EK, Castells N, Duncan G, Gennetian L, Magnuson K, Morris P. Promoting the positive development of boys in high-poverty neighborhoods: Evidence from four anti-poverty experiments. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 2013 Jun 1;23(2):357–374.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Research on Adolescence

DOI

EISSN

1532-7795

ISSN

1050-8392

Publication Date

June 1, 2013

Volume

23

Issue

2

Start / End Page

357 / 374

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1607 Social Work