Publications [#345945] of Lisa A. Gennetian

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Journal Articles

  1. Snell, EK; Castells, N; Duncan, G; Gennetian, L; Magnuson, K; Morris, P. "Promoting the positive development of boys in high-poverty neighborhoods: Evidence from four anti-poverty experiments." Journal of Research on Adolescence 23.2 (June, 2013): 357-374. [doi]
    (last updated on 2026/01/19)

    Abstract:
    This study uses geocoded address data and information about parents' economic behavior and children's development from four random-assignment welfare and anti-poverty experiments conducted during the 1990s. We find that the impacts of these welfare and anti-poverty programs on boys' and girls' developmental outcomes during the transition to early adolescence differ as a function of neighborhood poverty levels. The strongest positive impacts of these programs are among boys who lived in high-poverty neighborhoods at the time their parents enrolled in the studies, with smaller or nonstatistically significant effects for boys in lower-poverty neighborhoods and for girls across all neighborhoods. This research informs our understanding of how neighborhood context and child gender may interact with employment-based policies to affect children's well-being. © 2012 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence © 2012 Society for Research on Adolescence.

Lisa A. Gennetian

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