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dc.contributor.authorBarnhardt, Sharon
dc.contributor.authorField, Erica
dc.contributor.authorPande, Rohini
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-01T10:52:52Z
dc.date.available2016-01-01T10:52:52Z
dc.date.copyright2014
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/17174
dc.description.abstractA housing lottery in a large Indian city provided 110 out of 497 participants the opportunity to move out of a slum and into improved housing on the city's periphery. Fourteen years after housing assignment, relative to lottery losers, winners report better housing conditions farther from the city center, but no change in family income or human capital. Winners also state increased isolation from family and caste networks and lower access to informal insurance. In particular, they are significantly less likely to know someone they can rely on for borrowing needs and report fewer informal transfers in the event of shocks. We also observe significantly program exit: 34% of winners never even moved into the assigned housing and 32% eventually exited the colony to be closer to family and the city center. Our results suggest that the benefits of improved suburban housing were o set by its drawbacks in the form of destruction of social capital, pointing to the importance of considering social networks when designing housing programs for the pooren_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIndian Institute of Management Ahmedabaden_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesW.P;2014/11/01
dc.subjectRelocation Programsen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectSlumsen_US
dc.subjectUrbanen_US
dc.titleMoving to opportunity or isolation? network effects of a slum relocation program in Indiaen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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