Funding: University of Maryland Baltimore County - The Ford Foundation
Summary: What accounts for the fact that some children who grow up in very poor households in a very poor neighborhood, nonetheless succeed? To answer this question we utilize PSID, a panel database, and follow the cohort of children born between 1967-1974 into their adulthood. We examine the adult outcomes of these children – income, employment, educational attainment, etc. – and, using simultaneous equation models, test the relative impact of parental background characteristics, parental behavior, neighborhood effects, social capital, and housing tenure as a child on adult outcomes.
Researchers
Hal Wolman - Research Professor
Products
The Impact of Parental Homeownership on Children’s Outcomes during Early Adulthood
January 12, 2007
September 01, 2005