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Everyone here is focusing on the $500/yr, which I agree sounds like nothing although is actually substantial to many of these families. But the incarceration fi
by owenversteeg 10y ago
Everyone here is focusing on the $500/yr, which I agree sounds like nothing although is actually substantial to many of these families. But the incarceration figures in the article are pretty interesting: an 11% smaller chance of ending up in jail sounds pretty good to me.
- tgb 10y agoYeah and it was 500 per year per year of public housing. You might easily spend five or ten years there, for a very significant increase in income. (treating this as linear is reasonable since the number comes from comparing siblings and so should be an average of the effects per year over a wide range of years. Compared to a study that just investigated the first year they were there.) On the other hand, that was only for girls. Which makes me worried that they were picking out outcomes that matched their end goal.
- mjevans 10y agoEven if it only helped out the girls it shows SOME correlation and a need for more family stability assistance.