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Title: Essays on Landlord-Tenant Laws and Mobility in the United States

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: This dissertation contains three essays that aim to provide insight into the way housing policies affect both interstate and intra-county mobility in the United States. In particular, it endeavors to provide policymakers with new information on how the rights granted by landlord-tenant laws impact one aspect of renter’s lives (mobility) and, through the compilation of a state-law database, sets the stage for future research on the effects of landlord-tenant laws on other renter outcomes. The first essay, “Scope and Variation of Landlord-Tenant Laws in the United States,” creates and analyzes a state-level database of landlord-tenant laws and their enactment years. Ranking states as having low, average, and high levels of regulation along four dimensions of landlord-tenant policy as well as classifying these laws as pro-renter or pro-landlord aids in understanding the different policy environments experienced by renters in the U.S. and what makes a state “good” or “bad” for renters.

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Authors: Hatch, Megan, E

Institution: The George Washington University

Department: Public Policy and Public Administration

Advisor: Conger, Dylan

Degree: Ph.D.

Publisher Location: District of Columbia

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Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Other

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