Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/258946 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CEBI Working Paper Series No. 02/21
Publisher: 
University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI), Copenhagen
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 1986-1998. The risk of developing a lifestyle related disease before 2018 increased by 5.1 percent for those allocated to the poorest third of neighborhoods compared with those in the richest third of 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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