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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 …
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Mind the Gap: Bridging the Perception and Reality of Crime Rates with Information
Ardanaz, Martín; Corbacho, Ana; Ruiz-Vega, Mauricio - Inter-American Development Bank - 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/10010943940
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Low-Income Housing Policy
Collinson, Robert; Ellen, Ingrid Gould; Ludwig, Jens - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
The United States government devotes about $40 billion each year to means-tested housing programs, plus another $6 billion or so in tax expenditures on the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). What exactly do we spend this money on, why, and what does it accomplish? We focus on these...
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Does Selling State Silver Generate Private Gold? Determinants and Impacts of State House Sales and Acquisitions in New Zealand
Bergstrom, Katy; Grimes, Arthur; Stillman, Steve - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2011
New Zealand experienced two natural experiments with respect to state-provided social housing after 1990. First, while continuing to acquire new state houses, the National Government substantially reduced the overall state house stock by selling a greater number of houses either to existing...
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Il social housing in Europa
Baldini, Massimo; Federici, Marta - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2011
This paper aims to provide an overview of practice and policies in social housing sector in the European Union. In order to establish meaningful comparisons between Member States – that are characterized by a great heterogeneity in housing systems – first of all we present a definition of...
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Housing Markets in Uruguay: Determinants of Housing Demand and its Interaction with Public Policies
Garabato, Natalia; Ramada-Sarasola, Magdalena - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper analyzes the determinants of housing demand for Uruguay and the extent to which housing policies have an impact on their target population. The paper first analyzes the determinants of housing demand, following an approach based on Rosen’s (1974) two-step procedure consisting of...
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Low-Income Housing Finance in Colombia
Arbelaez, Maria Angelica; Camacho, Carolina; Fajardo, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper explores the role played by policy instruments in access to housing finance by low-income households. It also analyzes the impact of housing credit and subsidies on both the quality of life and the quality of dwelling of the beneficiaries. Using the Quality of Life Surveys conducted...
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Are Uruguayan Housing Policies Reaching the Poor? An Assessment of Housing Deficit, Housing Informality and Usage of Housing Programs in Uruguay
Garabato, Natalia; Ramada-Sarasola, Magdalena - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This document surveys the Uruguayan housing market, first describing the main housing programs and policies, then comparing their design with households’ characteristics and needs. The document additionally measures Uruguay’s housing deficit, using the basis deficit as well as quantitative...
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Does housing allowance feed through into rental prices?
Viren, Matti - Suomen Pankki - 2011
This paper deals with the incidence of housing subsidies, which is analysed using Finnish panel data. The main data set comprises 50 000 households that received housing allowances during the period 2000–2008. In addition, we utilize repeated cross-sections of all Finnish households for...
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A Comparative Analysis on Subsidy Policies of China’s Public Housing Programmes: Evidence Based on Micro Surveys in Baoji
Yuan, Nannan - In: Journal of Reviews on Global Economics 3 (2014), pp. 340-348
To understand the effects of the public housing programme and measure the feasibility of subsidy policies, this study conducts a comparative analysis on the wealth effects of two of the main subsidy policies which are the selloriented policy1 (SOP) and rent-oriented policy2 (ROP), implemented in...
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