The Relationship Between Exits From Federally Subsidized Housing and Wages, King County, WA
Federally subsidized housing programs aim for economic self-sufficiency. We modeled housing exit type's relationship with wage income using public housing authority exit data and Washington State wage data. Our cohort included 1,974 exits. Positive exits had higher mean wages ($8,392 vs. $6,643...
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Published in | Housing policy debate Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 286 - 304 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Abingdon
Routledge
03.05.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd |
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Summary: | Federally subsidized housing programs aim for economic self-sufficiency. We modeled housing exit type's relationship with wage income using public housing authority exit data and Washington State wage data. Our cohort included 1,974 exits. Positive exits had higher mean wages ($8,392 vs. $6,643 and $6,253) and working hours (432 vs. 373 and 355) compared to neutral and negative exits, respectively. Households with positive exits were more likely to earn a living wage (33.5%) than those with neutral (16.9%) or negative (15.1%) exits. According to our model, positive exits earned an additional $1,593 (95% confidence interval: $1,031, $2,156) per quarter compared to negative exits. Wages among positive exits were substantially higher than those among neutral exits for four quarters before and after exit; wages among neutral exits were slightly higher than those for negative exits. These methods can assess the impact of programs targeting economic self-sufficiency among housing support recipients. |
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ISSN: | 1051-1482 2152-050X |
DOI: | 10.1080/10511482.2023.2299247 |