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Long-Term Impacts of Residential Racial Desegregation Programs

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Michael R Strain @michaelrstrain.bsky.social · Aug 1

Dr. Erika McEntarfer has devoted her career to public service. She has conducted herself as BLS Commissioner with great integrity. There is no evidence whatsoever that BLS data are politically biased.

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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · Jul 14

#QJE Aug 2025, #11, “The Long-Run Effects of America’s Largest Residential Desegregation Program: Gautreaux,” by Chyn (ericchyn.bsky.social), Collinson (@racollinson.bsky.social), and Sandler (@dismalscientist86.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · May 6

Our colleague Rob Collinson's work is featured in the May volume of the NBER Digest. Check it out. @nber.org @racollinson.bsky.social www.nber.org/digest/20250...

The Effects of Eviction on Children

Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · May 5

Nice to my work with @ericchyn.bsky.social and @dismalscientist86.bsky.social covered in the latest @nber.org Digest!

NBER @nber.org · May 5

Featured in the latest Digest: "Long-Term Impacts of Residential Racial Desegregation Programs"

https://www.nber.org/digest/202505/long-term-impacts-residential-racial-desegregation-programs

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Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Apr 14

Handle typo/fail in my first post... sorry @denizdutz.bsky.social !

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NBER @nber.org · Apr 14

Eviction has spillover effects on children, with particularly negative effects for boys and older kids. These effects may be moderated by access to family support networks, from Collinson, Dutz, @johneric.bsky.social, Mader, Tannenbaum, and van Dijk https://www.nber.org/papers/w33659

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Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Apr 14

Accessible write-up from the Tobin Center : tobin.yale.edu/research/eff...

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Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Apr 14

The impacts of eviction do not appear to be driven by changes in neighborhood or school quality, but by reductions in school attachment & engagement.

Access to family support networks (e.g. moving-in w/ extended family) may moderate some of these effects.

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NBER WP: www.nber.org/papers/w33659

The Effects of Eviction on Children

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

The Effects of Eviction on Children

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Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Apr 14

Importantly, we find that eviction reduces high school credits, and lowers high school graduation rates.

The effects appear most disruptive for boys, and older children.

We also provide new descriptive facts on kids facing & show how eviction changes family living arrangements

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Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Apr 14

How does eviction impact children?
In new WP w/@denizdutz.bsky.social @johneric.bsky.social @dtannenbaum.bsky.social @winnievd.bsky.social: we study this ? using 🔗 data of eviction cases to K-12 & Census data

Eviction causes spikes in homelessness (left), school-switching (right) & absences
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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · Apr 14

New @nber.org working paper from our colleague Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social, "The Effects of Evictions on Children" (with Dutz, Humphries, Mader, Tannenbaum, and van Dijk). Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w33659

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · Feb 20

Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Long-Run Effects of America’s Largest Residential Desegregation Program: Gautreaux,” by Chyn (ericchyn.bsky.social), Collinson (@racollinson.bsky.social), and Sandler (@dismalscientist86.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

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Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Feb 14

All large orgs, gov't or private, contain some waste/inefficiencies. It is worthwhile to try minimize it. That said, eliminating technical expertise and institutional knowledge is cutting off your nose to spite your face. Research & analysis make government more efficient, not less efficient.

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Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Feb 14

HUD PD&R conducts precisely this work, not just in response to the foreclosure crisis or the pandemic, but also assists FEMA when natural disasters hit. These capacities are now being stripped from the agency and we will be worse-off for it.

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Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Feb 14

The answer is that funds typically flow to the areas that need the funds the most... how is this possible? Because we typically entrust these decisions to career government employees who use data-driven methods to distribute funds in a targeted, apolitical fashion.

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Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Feb 14

I also want to highlight a lesser-known role of PD&R: the allocation of federal funds to states and localities. When disaster strikes (natural or economic), who decides where taxpayer dollars flow? Do federal funds go to the constituents of the loudest member of Congress?

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Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Feb 14

It also funds numerous surveys: the AHS, the Survey of New Construction, Survey of Market Absorption etc that are public goods providing essential signals to the private market about underlying housing market dynamics.

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Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Feb 14

Its housing market analyses ensured that FHA underwriting protected taxpayer resources, its analysis of income limits and FMRs kept HUD programs well-targeted and in-line with market fundamentals, and it’s monitoring reports were important inputs into fraud-detection.

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Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Feb 14

It led to important research on removing regulatory barriers to housing and improving manufactured housing that were aimed at bringing down housing costs for everyday Americans.

Beyond these research contributions, PD&R was also instrumental in the operations of HUD programs and the FHA

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Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Feb 14

Not unlike IES at ED, PD&R is the research & evaluation hub for HUD, providing critical evidence on what works. It supported landmark studies such as Moving to Opportunity (MTO), Jobs-Plus, the Family Options Study, the Housing Allowance Demand (and Supply) Experiments, and countless others.

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The Long-Run Effects of America's Largest Residential Racial Desegregation Program: Gautreaux

Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social · Feb 14

I typically avoid posting normative analysis of government action.

However, my old office at HUD, PD&R, is on the D0GE chopping block and I want to spell-out why this is a terrible idea...

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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · Feb 3

New @nberpubs.bsky.social working paper from our own Rob Collinson (with Chyn and Sandler): "The Long-Run Effects of America's Largest Residential Racial Desegregation Program: Gautreaux." www.nber.org/papers/w33427

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...