Using Big Data to Solve Economic and Social Problems-Causal Effects of Neighborhoods

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Causal Effects of Neighborhoods vs. Sorting

Identifying Causal Effects of Neighborhoods

Income Gain from Moving to a Better Neighborhood

Identifying Causal Effects of Neighborhoods

Characteristics of High-Mobility Areas

Why Does Upward Mobility Differ Across Areas?

Five Strongest Correlates of Upward Mobility

Policies to Improve Upward Mobility

Policy Interest in Increasing Upward Mobility

Two Approaches to Increasing Upward Mobility

Moving to Opportunity

Affordable Housing Policies in the United States

Studying the Effects of Housing Vouchers

Randomized Experiments

Importance of Randomization

Non-Compliance in Randomized Experiments

Adjusting for Non-Compliance