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Access to transportation, residential segregation, and economic opportunity

Kuzey Yılmaz and Muharrem Yesilirmak

Contemporary Economic Policy, 2023, vol. 41, issue 1, 103-127

Abstract: The Housing Choice Voucher Program assists low‐income families to afford decent housing and provide them with better economic opportunities. There is growing evidence that public transportation plays an important role in shaping the residential location choices of low‐income households. However, transportation has not been a major focus of the research related to housing voucher programs. We develop a general equilibrium model of a city with multiple districts, decentralized employment, multiple commuting modes, and locally financed education. We compare housing vouchers with transportation vouchers with respect to poverty deconcentration, educational quality in each district, unskilled employment in the suburbs, and welfare.

Date: 2023
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