Drawing on five cross-sections of the French Housing Survey, this paper examines the effects on co-residence with their parents of the extension of housing allowances to students that took place between 1991 and 1993. Two effects are found. First housing allowances provide an increased...

Social public housing offer rents that are more than 60 % undervalued. The total `loss' of public sector landlords amounts to 37 billions Francs per year. The `rebate' allows social sector tenants to consume 10 % more housing services and 11 % more of other goods. The surplus gain of living in...