Externalities of public housing: The effect of public housing demolitions on local crime
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Danielle H. Sandler, U.S. Census Bureau
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Project Citation:
Sandler, Danielle H. Externalities of public housing: The effect of public housing demolitions on local crime. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-03-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/E100512V1
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Summary:
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This repository contains the data and code used for the following publication (citation and abstract below):
Sandler, Danielle H. 2017. "Externalities of Public Housing: The Effect of Public Housing Demolitions on Local Crime." Regional Science and Urban Economics, 62: 24-35. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2016.10.007
This paper evaluates the potential for negative externalities from public housing by examining crime rates before and after demolition of public housing projects in Chicago between 1995 and 2010. Using data on block-level crimes by type of crime merged to detailed geographic data on individual public housing demolitions, I find evidence that Chicago's public housing imposed significant externalities on the surrounding neighborhood. Using a difference in difference approach comparing neighborhoods around public housing projects to nearby neighborhoods I find that crime decreases by 8.8% after a demolition. This decrease is concentrated in violent crime. I use an event study to show that the decrease occurs at the approximate date of the eviction of the residents and persists for at least 5 years after the demolition. Neighborhoods with large demolitions and demolitions of public housing that had been poorly maintained display the largest crime decreases.
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Sandler, Danielle H. 2017. "Externalities of Public Housing: The Effect of Public Housing Demolitions on Local Crime." Regional Science and Urban Economics, 62: 24-35. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2016.10.007
This paper evaluates the potential for negative externalities from public housing by examining crime rates before and after demolition of public housing projects in Chicago between 1995 and 2010. Using data on block-level crimes by type of crime merged to detailed geographic data on individual public housing demolitions, I find evidence that Chicago's public housing imposed significant externalities on the surrounding neighborhood. Using a difference in difference approach comparing neighborhoods around public housing projects to nearby neighborhoods I find that crime decreases by 8.8% after a demolition. This decrease is concentrated in violent crime. I use an event study to show that the decrease occurs at the approximate date of the eviction of the residents and persists for at least 5 years after the demolition. Neighborhoods with large demolitions and demolitions of public housing that had been poorly maintained display the largest crime decreases.
This data does not include any confidential Census Bureau information.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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crime;
public housing
Geographic Coverage:
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Chicago
Time Period(s):
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3/1/1995 – 11/19/2010 (Public Housing Data);
1/1/1999 – 2/23/2011 (Crime Data)
Data Type(s):
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administrative records data
Methodology
Data Source:
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Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)
Chicago Police Department (CPD)
Chicago Police Department (CPD)
Unit(s) of Observation:
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Demolition Sites (Public Housing Data),
City Blocks (Crime Data)
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