We investigate the employment effects of living in affordable housing. We develop a unique administrative data set of … labor market biographies linked to affordable housing projects in five German cities. This allows us to follow individuals … in affordable housing over almost 20 years. The funding scheme is similar to the American LIHTC program, so the results …

social housing on geographical mobility. This is the first study to examine rigorously whether the Right to Buy legislation … did indeed 'free-up' those in social housing who bought their homes. Using longitudinal data from the British Household …

In this chapter we investigate the process of ethnic minority segregation in English social housing. Successive … based letting - for households accessing an increasingly marginalised social housing sector whilst also expressing a … residualised social housing sector, arguing that, for social housing tenants at least, the concept of real choice is a misnomer. We …

social housing, on the educational attainment of fourteen years old students in England. To identify the causal impact, this … long waiting lists for social housing in high-demand areas. Using this approach, I find no evidence for effects on student … performance. -- neighborhood effects ; housing policy …

neighborhoods with a large share of social housing. In Europe, great importance is attached to creating a more diverse housing stock … housing strategies are stated explicitly by governments in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Finland and …

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 … to the effect of the size of the ethnic group in the urban area. In cities with higher public housing supply, these …

Our study examines the empirical links between social housing policy and location choices of immigrants in France. More … (habitations à loyer modéré, dwelling with a moderate rent), which is the main public housing policy in France. For that purpose … INSEE (Paris) in 1982, 1990, and 1999. Our estimates show that, in general, migrants live more frequently in social housing …

occupied housing replacing social housing. -- neighbourhood effects ; social mixing ; tenure mix ; evidence base ; housing …