Does public housing occupancy increase unemployment?

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 823-851

  Dujardin, Claire ^a   Goffette Nagot, Florence ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c GATE Lyon Saint Etienne   (France)

Author keywords

Instrumental variables; Public housing; Simultaneous probit models; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN HOUSING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LYONS; RHONE; RHONE-ALPES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350642068     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbp002     Document Type: Article

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