Replication data for: Slum Clearance and Urban Renewal in the United States

We study the local effects of a federal program that helped cities clear areas for redevelopment, rehabilitate structures, complete city plans, and enforce building codes. We use an instrumental variable strategy to estimate the program's effects on city-level measures of income, property values, employment and poverty rates, and population. The estimated effects on income, property values, and population are positive and economically significant. They are not driven by changes in demographic composition. Estimated effects on poverty reduction and employment are positive but imprecise. The results are consistent with a model in which local productivity is enhanced. (JEL I32, N32, N92, R23, R38, R58)

本研究旨在考察一项联邦项目的本地影响，该项目助力城市清理区域以开展再开发、修缮建筑、完善城市规划，并强制执行建筑规范。本研究采用工具变量策略，估算该项目对城市层面收入、房产价值、就业率、贫困率及人口规模相关指标的影响。估算结果显示，该项目对收入、房产价值与人口规模的影响为正向且具有显著的经济意义，且该效应并非由人口结构变化所驱动。而就减贫与就业而言，估算得到的效应虽为正向，但精度不足。本次研究结果与“本地生产率得到提升”的理论模型相一致。(JEL I32, N32, N92, R23, R38, R58)