TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cassidy, Michael T.
        TI  - A Closer Look: Proximity Boosts Homeless Student Performance in New York City
        PY  - 2020/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 13558
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13558
        AB  - Proximity augments homeless students' educational outcomes. Homeless K-8 graders whose families are placed in shelters near their schools have 8 percent (2.4 days) better attendance, are a third (18 percentage points) less likely to change schools, and exhibit higher rates of proficiency and retention. Homeless high schoolers have 5 percent (2.5 days) better attendance, 29 percent (10 pp) lower mobility, and 8 percent (1.6 pp) greater retention when placed locally. These results proceed from novel administrative data on homeless families observed in the context of a scarcity-induced natural experiment in New York City. A complementary instrumental variable strategy exploiting homeless eligibility policy reveals a subset of proximity-elastic students benefit considerably more. Panel evidence demonstrates homelessness does not cause educational impairment as much as reflect large preexisting deficits.
        KW  - welfare policy
KW  - poverty alleviation
KW  - housing
KW  - families
KW  - neighborhoods
KW  - K-12
KW  - education
KW  - homelessness
KW  - program evaluation
KW  - causal inference
        ER  -