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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Criminol. 2021 Jan 31;18(3):639–664. doi: 10.1007/s11292-020-09452-9

Table 1.

Summary Comparisons

Panel A Greening Vacant

(Mean) (SD) (Mean) (SD)

Percent Male 45.91 4.56 45.86 5.17
Percent 18–24 12.65 9.14 13.18 7.77
Percent 25–29 8.06 3.00 7.21 2.85
Percent White 11.10 13.12 12.23 14.18
Percent Black 80.23 22.58 76.25 27.03
Percent Asian 1.29 3.79 1.85 4.88
Percent Other 7.38 11.38 9.68 14.66
Percent Hispanic 10.30 19.36 14.72 24.86
Percent Income<$20,000 49.38 10.16 49.35 10.60
Percent Vacant Housing 23.08 6.56 23.74 7.18


Panel B Greening Before Vacant Before Vacant Before (W) Greening After Vacant After DD

(Mean) (Mean) (Mean) (Mean) (Mean)

Robbery 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.05 −0.01
Assault 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.00
Drug Offenses 0.15 0.18 0.16 0.13 0.16 −0.02
Public Order 0.14 0.15 0.14 0.13 0.14 −0.01
Total 1.36 1.46 1.39 1.28 1.37 −0.06

N= 97,104 209,808 74,860 97,104 74,860

Note: N= Number of lots * 24 months; Weighting (W) on entropy distance; SD=standard deviation; DD=difference-in-differences