Do Evictions Cause Income Changes? An Instrumental Variables Approach
dc.contributor.advisor | Timmins, Christopher D | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Connolly, Michelle P | |
dc.contributor.author | Mok, Grace | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-02T20:11:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-02T20:11:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-04 | |
dc.department | Economics | |
dc.description.abstract | Evictions are an important aspect of the affordable housing crisis facing low-income American renters. However, there has been little research quantifying the causal impact of evictions, which poses challenges for academics interested in understanding inequality and policy-makers interested in reducing it. Merging two datasets both new to the literature, I address this gap in the causal literature by using an instrumental variables strategy to examine the impact of evictions on household income over time in Durham, North Carolina. Exploiting gentrification-related evictions as an instrument, I find a 2.5% decrease in household income after eviction. This is a small, but significant decrease in income given that median household income for households at time of eviction is about $15,000. | |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.subject | Eviction | |
dc.subject | Durham, North Carolina | |
dc.subject | Income | |
dc.subject | Urban economics | |
dc.subject | Housing | |
dc.subject | Gentrification | |
dc.title | Do Evictions Cause Income Changes? An Instrumental Variables Approach | |
dc.type | Honors thesis | |
duke.embargo.months | 0 |
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