Promoting the positive development of boys in high-poverty neighborhoods: Evidence from four anti-poverty experiments
Journal Article (Journal Article)
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.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Snell, EK; Castells, N; Duncan, G; Gennetian, L; Magnuson, K; Morris, P
Published Date
- June 1, 2013
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 23 / 2
Start / End Page
- 357 - 374
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1532-7795
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1050-8392
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1111/jora.12014
Citation Source
- Scopus