Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295972 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16949
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Does living in a low-income neighborhood have negative health consequences? We document causal neighborhood effects on health by exploiting a Spatial Dispersal Policy that quasi-randomly resettled refugees across neighborhoods from 1986 to 1998. Refugees allocated to low-income neighborhoods had a 12 percent higher risk of having developed a lifestyle related disease 8 to 15 years after immigration compared with those allocated to high-income neighborhoods. Our results suggest that interaction with neighbors and the characteristics of the immediate environment are important determinants for health outcomes. Differences in health care access, ethnic networks, and individual labor market outcomes cannot explain our findings.
Subjects: 
health inequality
Refugee Dispersal Policy
lifestyle related diseases
neighborhood effects
JEL: 
J15
I12
I14
I31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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