Moving to Opportunity
September 10, 2015
Rising economic and neighborhood segregation may be contributing to linguistic differences within the African American population, which may also be accelerating economic inequality among African Americans, according to a new...Read more
By Jann Ingmire
March 4, 2014
A program designed to move families out of high-poverty neighborhoods resulted in reduced rates of depression and conduct disorder among girls, but increased rates of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...Read more
By William Harms
September 20, 2012
Moving from a high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhood spurs long-term gains in the physical and mental health of low-income adults, as well as a substantial increase in their happiness, despite not...Read more
By William Harms
October 19, 2011
Low-income women with children who move from high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhoods experience notable long-term improvements in some aspects of their health, namely reductions in diabetes and extreme obesity, according to...Read more