The Health Issues of the Homeless and the Homeless Issues of the Ill-Health

Li Dai and Peng Zhou
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Li Dai: School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University

No E2019/12, Cardiff Economics Working Papers from Cardiff University, Cardiff Business School, Economics Section

Abstract: In public policy planning and budgeting, the health issues and homeless issues tend to be in-terrelated and reinforced by each other, but this mutual causality is usually ignored in the ex-isting literature. This paper provides an unbiased estimate of a structural equation model taking endogeneity into account. A questionnaire is designed based on the health-related quality of life (EQ-5D) framework and is given to 322 homeless individuals. Evidence shows that, with-out timely support, the homeless state and health state will fast deteriorate and reinforce each other. It is therefore arguable to broaden the definition of statutory homelessness, and the "pre-ventative approach" can save, rather than increase, the public resources spent on the homeless.

Keywords: Socio-Economic Policy; Health Needs; Homeless; Structural Equation Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2019-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hea and nep-ure
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Journal Article: The health issues of the homeless and the homeless issues of the ill-health (2020)
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