Individual homelessness: Entries, exits, and policy

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-100

  O'Flaherty, Brendan ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Homelessness prevention; Stochastic control theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862027449     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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