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童年期可负担住房改善女性及其子女的长期结果
Affordable Housing During Childhood Improves Long-Term Outcomes of Women and Their Children
摘要
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) is the largest U.S. federal affordable housing program, yet its impacts on children are largely unknown. Using geocoded Florida Natality data and LIHTC addresses (1980–2024), we examine how childhood LIHTC exposure affects early-adulthood health among women born to mothers with a high school degree or less, and their infants. Matching tracts with and without LIHTC, we find a one standard deviation increase in exposure improves maternal health, infant health, and maternal SES indices by 0.015, 0.010, and 0.007 standard deviations. Effects are largest for Black women, who most often live in LIHTC units.
中文摘要
低收入住房税收抵免（LIHTC）是美国最大的联邦经济适用房项目，但其对儿童的影响在很大程度上仍不为人知。我们利用带有地理编码的佛罗里达州出生数据以及LIHTC地址（1980—2024年），考察童年时期LIHTC暴露如何影响母亲学历为高中及以下的女性在成年早期的健康状况及其婴儿。通过匹配有LIHTC和无LIHTC的普查 tract，我们发现暴露每增加一个标准差，母亲健康、婴儿健康和母亲社会经济地位指数分别提高0.015、0.010和0.007个标准差。效应在黑人女性中最大，而她们最常居住在LIHTC住房单元中。