Jens Ludwig

Summary

Affiliation: University of Chicago
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Neighborhood effects on the long-term well-being of low-income adults
    Jens Ludwig
    Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, 1155 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Science 337:1505-10. 2012
  2. ncbi Long-term effects of head start on low-income children
    Jens Ludwig
    Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy, University of Chicago, 969 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1136:257-68. 2008
  3. ncbi Anti-depressants and suicide
    Jens Ludwig
    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
    J Health Econ 28:659-76. 2009
  4. ncbi Neighborhoods, obesity, and diabetes--a randomized social experiment
    Jens Ludwig
    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    N Engl J Med 365:1509-19. 2011
  5. ncbi "Culture" and the intergenerational transmission of poverty: the prevention paradox
    Jens Ludwig
    Georgetown University, USA
    Future Child 16:175-96. 2006
  6. ncbi Reducing poverty through preschool interventions
    Greg J Duncan
    Northwestern University, USA
    Future Child 17:143-60. 2007

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Neighborhood effects on the long-term well-being of low-income adults
    Jens Ludwig
    Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, 1155 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Science 337:1505-10. 2012
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  2. ncbi Long-term effects of head start on low-income children
    Jens Ludwig
    Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy, University of Chicago, 969 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1136:257-68. 2008
    ..Although in principle there could be more beneficial ways of deploying Head Start resources, the benefits of such changes remain uncertain and there is some downside risk...
  3. ncbi Anti-depressants and suicide
    Jens Ludwig
    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
    J Health Econ 28:659-76. 2009
    ..We find an increase in SSRI sales of 1 pill per capita (12% of 2000 sales levels) reduces suicide by 5%...
  4. ncbi Neighborhoods, obesity, and diabetes--a randomized social experiment
    Jens Ludwig
    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    N Engl J Med 365:1509-19. 2011
    ..The study reported on here uses data from a social experiment to assess the association of randomly assigned variation in neighborhood conditions with obesity and diabetes...
  5. ncbi "Culture" and the intergenerational transmission of poverty: the prevention paradox
    Jens Ludwig
    Georgetown University, USA
    Future Child 16:175-96. 2006
    ..In this article Jens Ludwig and Susan Mayer review and evaluate research on how parental work, marriage, and religion affect children's ..
  6. ncbi Reducing poverty through preschool interventions
    Greg J Duncan
    Northwestern University, USA
    Future Child 17:143-60. 2007
    Greg Duncan, Jens Ludwig, and Katherine Magnuson explain how providing high-quality care to disadvantaged preschool children can help reduce poverty...