Women's Homelessness: International Evidence on Causes, Consequences, Coping and Policies

Guy Johnson, David Ribar and Anna Zhu ()
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Guy Johnson: RMIT University
Anna Zhu: RMIT University

No 10614, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper reviews international evidence regarding women's homelessness. It discusses different definitions of homelessness and how women are frequently part of the "hidden homeless" population and less a part of the unsheltered homeless population. It also considers the data that are used to enumerate and study homeless people. The structural, personal, and random causes of homelessness are discussed, with evidence pointing to highly gendered patterns. The paper also describes the consequences of women's homelessness, including the consequences for children, and the material and psychological coping strategies that homeless people employ. It considers policies to reduce homelessness and ameliorate its problems.

Keywords: policies; hidden homeless; children; women; homelessness; coping strategies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2017-03
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Forthcoming - published in: in Susan Averett, Laura Argys and Saul Hoffman (eds.), Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Women and the Economy, New York, Oxford University Press, 2018.

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