Similar Search Results

Mind the gap : bridging the perception of crime rates with information

Ardanaz, Martin; Corbacho, Ana; Ruiz-Vega, Mauricio - 2014

objective crime trends could have on such perceptions. The results show that information improves perceptions of safety and …Gains from government crime-reducing programs are not always visible to the average citizen. The media overexpose crime … events, but the absence of crime rarely makes the news, increasing the risk that citizen may have inaccurate perceptions of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286654

Hanging in, but only just: part-time employment and in-work poverty throughout the crisis

Horemans, Jeroen; Marx, Ive; Nolan, Brian - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 5 (2016) 5, pp. 1-19

The crisis has deepened pre-existing concerns regarding low-wage and non-standard employment. Countries where unemployment increased most strongly during the crisis period also saw part-time employment increasing, particularly involuntary part-time work. With involuntary part-time workers, as a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011660092

The Effects of U.S. Low-Income Housing Programs on Recipient Consumption and Wellbeing

Olsen, Edgar O.; Early, Dirk W. - 2023

This paper is the first to provide evidence on several key aspects of the comparative performance of the major types of housing assistance in the U.S. – HUD’s public housing and housing voucher programs, its largest programs that subsidize the operation of privately owned housing projects,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014349925

Performance of Social Safety Net Programs in Uttar Pradesh

Ajwad, Mohamed Ihsan - 2012

Ajwad assesses the effectiveness of core social protection programs in Uttar Pradesh using the following criteria: i) coverage, ii) targeting efficiency; and iii) adequacy and potential impact on household welfare. The study is largely a quantitative assessment. Five main findings emerge from...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012712943

Resolving Long-Term Homelessness : A Randomised Controlled Trial Examining the 36 Month Costs, Benefits and Social Outcomes From the Journey to Social Inclusion Pilot Program

Johnson, Guy - 2019

Journey to Social Inclusion (J2SI) is a pilot project designed to break the cycle of long-term homelessness. This report presents the social and economic outcomes after the completion of the pilot. The evaluation uses a randomised controlled trial that tracks the outcomes of J2SI participants...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860472

Sustaining Exits From Long-Term Homelessness : A Randomised Controlled Trial Examining the 48 Month Social Outcomes From the Journey to Social Inclusion Pilot Program

Johnson, Guy - 2019

Journey to Social Inclusion was a three year pilot that provided intensive support designed to break the cycle of long-term homelessness. This report presents the social and economic outcomes of the J2SI pilot. It covers the three years the trial ran, and the 12 month period following the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860474

Housing Assistance Need and Provision in Australia : A Household-Based Policy Analysis, AHURI Final Report No. 262

Stone, Wendy - 2019

[This research recommends that housing assistance be provided under a tenure-neutral model. Currently, households with similar needs receive fundamentally different levels and types of housing assistance depending on their housing tenure (i.e. owner, private renter, social housing) rather than...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860481

Transforming Public Housing in a Federal Context, AHURI Final Report No. 264

Lawson, Julie - 2019

This research examines the transformation of public housing in four federal states: Austria, Germany, Canada and the USA and finds Austria to be a leading example of a sustainable affordable housing industry

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860482

Improving Housing and Service Responses to Domestic and Family Violence for Indigenous Individuals and Families

Cripps, Kyllie - 2019

This study investigated the needs of Indigenous women and children who are severely over-represented in rates of domestic and family violence (DFV). Developing culturally appropriate responses to Indigenous DFV and improving integration between housing and DFV and child protection services...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863289

Short Moves and Long Stays : Homeless Family Responses to Exogenous Shelter Assignments in New York City

Cassidy, Mike - 2020

Using an original administrative dataset in the context of a scarcity induced-natural experi-ment in New York City, I find that families placed in shelters in their neighborhoods of origin remain there considerably longer than those assigned to distant shelters. Locally-placed families also...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826755

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last