The effect of the West Philadelphia Promise Zone on violent crime.

This paper examines the effect of the West Philadelphia Promise Zone initiative on violent crime rates in a high‐crime area of West Philadelphia, where a series of educational, public‐safety, and quality‐of‐life improvement grants were disbursed from 2014 onward. Synthetic difference‐in‐differences...

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Publicado en:	Contemporary Economic Policy Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 4 - 28
Autor principal:	Marsella, Alexander
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell Jan2026
Materias:	Philadelphia (Pa.) Violent crimes Public safety Urban renewal Crime statistics Neighborhoods Quality of life Capacity building Causal inference
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