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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The government did a large study on this.  "Moving to opportunity".  Finding #4 is related to the achievement gap.

https://www.nber.org/mtopublic/MTO%20Overview%20Summary.pdf

"A total of 4,600 low-income families with children, the vast majority of them headed by African-American or Hispanic single mothers, were recruited from high-poverty public housing projects in five participating cities between 1994 and 1998. These families were assigned by lottery to one of three research groups: A Traditional Voucher group, a Low Poverty Voucher group and a control group."

The findings:

A follow-up study carried out 4 to 7 years after random assignment found that:

1. MTO improved neighborhood outcomes. Assignment to either of the MTO mobility groups led participating adults to feel safer and more satisfied with their housing and neighborhoods.

2. MTO had no effect on the labor market outcomes or social program participation of adults, but improved adults’ mental health as well as several important aspects of physical health.

3. MTO improved outcomes for female youth, particularly their mental health, but on balance had deleterious effects on male youth risky behavior.

4. MTO had no detectable effects on the math and reading achievement of children[/quote]

Interesting.  So you see better ability to function in society, especially for girls, but no change in math/reading scores.  Thank you.[/quote]

What this shows is that people are happier, but they don't do better in school or do better with jobs.  [/quote]

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