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Braga, Michela (contributor); Palvarini, Pietro (contributor) - European Parliament / Directorate-General for Internal …; … - 2013

This briefing paper provides an overview of the social housing sector in the EU area. After presenting how Member States define social housing, it details the response of the sector to the 2007-2008 financial crisis. In addition, it sheds light on the most recent developments at the EU level on...

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A Journey Home: What Drives How Long People Are Homeless?

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Herault, Nicolas; Scutella, Rosanna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper uses survival analysis to model exits over time from two alternative notions of homelessness. We are unique … out of homelessness fall with age and with the education level of mothers. Women are more likely than men to exit … homelessness when it is broadly conceived, but appear to be less likely to exit when it is narrowly defined. Finally, higher …

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Public Housing Magnets: Public Housing Supply and Immigrants' Location Choices

Verdugo, Gregory - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper investigates how a reform allowing immigrants with children in France access to public housing during the 1970s influenced their initial location choices across local labour markets. We find that cities with higher public housing supplies have a large 'magnetic effect' on the location...

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Segregation, Choice Based Letting and Social Housing: How Housing Policy Can Affect the Segregation Process

van Ham, Maarten; Manley, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

In this chapter we investigate the process of ethnic minority segregation in English social housing. Successive governments have expressed a commitment to the contradictory aims of providing greater choice – through the introduction of choice based letting – for households accessing an...

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Housing Policies in China: Issues and Options

Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This article consists in three parts. The first part deals with theory. We evaluate the pros and cons of government involvement in urban housing and of renting versus ownership. In the second part, we summarize the different housing policies that have been implemented in the United States,...

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Social Housing and Location Choices of Immigrants in France

Fougère, Denis; Kramarz, Francis; Rathelot, Roland; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Our study examines the empirical links between social housing policy and location choices of immigrants in France. More specifically, we characterize the main individual and contextual determinants of the probability for immigrants to live in a HLM (habitations à loyer modéré, dwelling with a...

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Immigrants and Religion

Chiswick, Carmel U. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Religious considerations affect the decision to immigrate as well as the choice of destination country, and religious behaviors change as immigrants adjust to the economic context of their new country. This paper considers the interaction between the Economics of Religion and the Economics of...

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Social Change

Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

A society is characterized by the common attitudes and behavior of its members. Such behavior reflects purposive decision making by individuals, given the environment they live in. Thus, as technology changes, so might social norms. There were big changes in social norms during the 20th century,...

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Wage Returns to Mid-Career Investments in Job Training through Employer-Supported Course Enrollment: Evidence for Canada

Ci, Wen; Galdo, Jose C.; Voia, Marcel; Worswick, Christopher - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Using longitudinal data for Canada, we analyze the incidence and wage returns to employer supported course enrollment …

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The Evolution of Hourly Compensation in Canada between 1980 and 2010

Duclos, Jean-Yves; Pellerin, Mathieu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We consider changes in the distribution of hourly compensation in Canada using confidential census data and the recent …

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