Replication data for: How Do Changes in Housing Voucher Design Affect Rent and Neighborhood Quality?

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Robert Collinson; Peter Ganong

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Project Citation:

Collinson, Robert, and Ganong, Peter. Replication data for: How Do Changes in Housing Voucher Design Affect Rent and Neighborhood Quality? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114645V1

Project Description

Summary: US housing voucher holders pay their landlord a fraction of household income and the government pays the rest, up to a rent ceiling. We study how two types of changes to the rent ceiling affect landlords and tenants. A policy that makes vouchers more generous across a metro area benefits landlords through increased rents, with minimal impact on neighborhood and unit quality. A second policy that indexes rent ceilings to neighborhood rents leads voucher holders to move into higher quality neighborhoods with lower crime, poverty, and unemployment.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
      R31 Housing Supply and Markets
      R38 Production Analysis and Firm Location: Government Policy

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