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Title: Incidence and Price Discrimination: Evidence from Housing Vouchers

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Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: What is the incidence of housing vouchers? In a frictionless, price-taking equilibrium, increased generosity of a narrowly-targeted subsidy causes in- creases in unit quality. However, search frictions may limit quality improve- ments and subsidies may accrue to landlords through price discrimination. Analyzing a 2005 formula change for Housing Choice Vouchers, we estimate that a $1 increase in the county-wide price ceiling raised same-address voucher rents by 13-20 cents. For tenants who moved, quality improvements were minimal. Second, we find that a Dallas pilot which replaced a metro-wide price ceiling with ZIP-code-specific ceilings improved tenants’ chosen neighborhood quality by 0.2 standard deviations.

Url: https://www.aeaweb.org/conference/2014/retrieve.php?pdfid=82

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Authors: Collinson, Robert; Ganong, Peter

Publisher: Harvard University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Population Data Science

Countries: United States