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Choosing a Better Life? Evaluating the Moving to Opportunity Social Experiment

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Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction, Overview, and Foundations
What Have We Learned about Housing Mobility and Poverty Deconcentration?	p. 3
Political Origins and Opposition	p. 37
Locational Constraint, Housing Counseling, and Successful Lease-Up	p. 59
A Cross-Site Analysis of MTO's Locational Impacts	p. 81
Research Findings from the Five MTO Sites
The Effects of MTO on Educational Opportunities in Baltimore	p. 117
The Effects of MTO on Children and Parents in Baltimore	p. 153
Boston Site Findings: The Early Impacts of Moving to Opportunity	p. 177
New York City Site Findings: The Early Impacts of Moving to Opportunity on Children and Youth	p. 213
Los Angeles Site Findings	p. 245
New Places, New Faces: An Analysis of Neighborhoods and Social Ties among MTO Movers in Chicago	p. 275
Research and Policy Implications
Do Neighborhoods Matter and Why?	p. 313
Neighborhood Poverty, Housing Assistance, and Children's Educational Attainment	p. 339
MTO's Impact on Sending and Receiving Neighborhoods	p. 365
Comments on Future Research and Housing Policy	p. 383
About the Editors	p. 409
About the Contributors	p. 411
Index	p. 415
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