In-Kind Housing Transfers and Labor Supply: A Structural Approach

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Zhang, Ning
• 署名单位: Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/727839
• 发表日期: 2025
• 页码: 585-633
• 关键词: intertemporal behavior; assistance; neighborhoods; vouchers; models; rent

摘要

This paper estimates a dynamic life cycle model to study the long-term impacts of housing vouchers on employment and examine how policy reforms affect labor supply and well-being. I show that the current program decreases female employment by 17% and male employment by 7%. Compared with the current program, a proposed reform that provides every recipient with a flat-rate subsidy increases female employment by 4% and leads to higher welfare. Policies that offer a lower subsidy to a larger population decrease employment by 3%-4% and increase welfare. Time-limited subsidies increase female employment by 4% and improve overall welfare.