Title

Effects of Neighborhood Characteristics on the Mortality of Black Male Youth: Evidence From Gautreaux

Author(s)

Mark E. Votruba Mark Votruba (Case Western Reserve University)

Jeffrey R. Kling Jeffrey Kling (Princeton University and NBER)

Abstract

We analyze the effects of neighborhood characteristics on the mortality of black male youth in families relocated through the Gautreaux program, a residential mobility program implemented in Chicago in 1976. While we find significant evidence of neighborhood self-selection by families participating in Gautreaux, we nonetheless find evidence that certain placement neighborhood characteristics were associated with lower male youth mortality rates after controlling for household and origin neighborhood characteristics. Placement neighborhood characteristics related to human capital and work were more important predictors of male youth mortality than characteristics related to race, poverty, or family composition.

Creation Date

2004-07

Section URL ID

IRS

Paper Number

491

URL

https://dataspace.princeton.edu/bitstream/88435/dsp01000000010/1/491.pdf

File Function

Jel

N26, N27, N3

Keyword(s)

neighborhood effects, mortality

Suppress

false

Series

1