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Moving to opportunity or isolation? Network effects of a randomized housing lottery in urban India

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Barnhardt, S; Field, E; Pande, R
Published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
January 1, 2017

A housing lottery in an Indian city provided winning slum dwellers the opportunity to move into improved housing on the city's periphery. Fourteen years later, winners report improved housing but no change in tenure security, family income, or human capital. Winners also report increased isolation from family and caste networks and reduced informal insurance. We observe significant program exit: 34 percent of winners never took up subsidized housing and 32 percent eventually exited. Our results suggest negligible long- run economic value of this expensive public program and point to the importance of considering social networks in housing programs for the poor.

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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

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1945-7790

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1945-7782

Publication Date

January 1, 2017

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9

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1

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1 / 32

Related Subject Headings

  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1402 Applied Economics
 

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Barnhardt, S., Field, E., & Pande, R. (2017). Moving to opportunity or isolation? Network effects of a randomized housing lottery in urban India. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(1), 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20150397
Barnhardt, S., E. Field, and R. Pande. “Moving to opportunity or isolation? Network effects of a randomized housing lottery in urban India.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 9, no. 1 (January 1, 2017): 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20150397.
Barnhardt S, Field E, Pande R. Moving to opportunity or isolation? Network effects of a randomized housing lottery in urban India. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 2017 Jan 1;9(1):1–32.
Barnhardt, S., et al. “Moving to opportunity or isolation? Network effects of a randomized housing lottery in urban India.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, vol. 9, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 1–32. Scopus, doi:10.1257/app.20150397.
Barnhardt S, Field E, Pande R. Moving to opportunity or isolation? Network effects of a randomized housing lottery in urban India. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 2017 Jan 1;9(1):1–32.

Published In

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

DOI

EISSN

1945-7790

ISSN

1945-7782

Publication Date

January 1, 2017

Volume

9

Issue

1

Start / End Page

1 / 32

Related Subject Headings

  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1402 Applied Economics