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Aratani, Yumiko. "Welfare Trap or Spatial Trap? The Long Term Effect of Housing Assistance on Economic Self-Sufficiency and Wealth Attainment of Offspring Among Low-Income Families" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2008-10-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p20337_index.html>

Aratani, Y. , 2005-08-12 "Welfare Trap or Spatial Trap? The Long Term Effect of Housing Assistance on Economic Self-Sufficiency and Wealth Attainment of Offspring Among Low-Income Families" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2008-10-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p20337_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This study investigates a long-term effect of growing up in public housing on economic self-sufficiency and asset ownership of offspring among low-income families. With the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 data matched with the state level public housing information, the author employs propensity score matching estimations to address selection problems that are often encountered when evaluating the impact of welfare program. The findings indicate some evidence for a long-term negative effect of project residence on housing self-sufficiency and car ownership of offspring as young adults but no effect on the receipt of AFDC or food stamps, employment status or homeownership. Hence, the study finds little evidence for welfare trap among project children that other studies have previously argued. The separate analyses by race show a stronger detrimental effect of project residence among blacks but no effect among whites. The study suggests that non-automobile ownership as well as intergenerational transmission of dependency in housing assistance may imply a “spatial trap” of black young adults who grew up in the projects.

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