An Equilibrium Analysis of the Effects of Neighborhood-based Interventions on Children

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Abstract: To study the effects of neighborhood and place-based interventions, this paper incorporates neighborhood effects into a general equilibrium (GE) heterogeneous-agent overlapping-generations model with endogenous location choice and child skill development. Importantly, housing costs, as well as neighborhood effects, are endogenously determined in equilibrium. Having calibrated the model using U.S. data, we use simulations to show that predictions from the model match reduced form evidence from experimental and quasi-experimental studies of housing mobility and urban development programs. After this validation exercise, we study the long-run and large-scale impacts of vouchers and place-based subsidies. Both policies result in welfare gains by reducing inequality and generating improvements in average skills and productivity, all of which offset higher levels of taxes and other GE effects. We find that a voucher program generates larger long-run welfare gains relative to place-based policies. Our analysis of transition dynamics, however, suggests there may be more political support for place-based policies.

Type of resource	text
Date created	September 10, 2021

Subject	neighborhood effects
Subject	housing vouchers
Subject	intergenerational mobility
Genre	Text
Genre	Working paper
Genre	Grey literature

DOI	https://doi.org/10.25740/hz024kr6002
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/hz024kr6002

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Preferred citation: Chyn, E. and Daruich, D. (2022). An Equilibrium Analysis of the Effects of Neighborhood-based Interventions on Children. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/hz024kr6002

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