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The Economic Effects of Public Housing in Australia *
Author(s) -
AGRAWAL NISHA
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1988.tb02064.x
Subject(s) - subsidy , public housing , cash , consumption (sociology) , distribution (mathematics) , value (mathematics) , public economics , economics , business , economic growth , finance , sociology , social science , mathematical analysis , mathematics , machine learning , computer science , market economy
Public housing provides subsidized shelter to approximately 300 000 families in Australia. This paper provides the first estimates of the effects of the program on die consumption pattern of participants, and of the benefits they derive from U. It also examines the distribution of benefits among participants. The effects of the public housing programs are compared with those under an alternative program of equivalent‐value, unrestricted cash grants.