A Simple Model of Squatters

Eli Remolona

No 197920, UP School of Economics Discussion Papers from University of the Philippines School of Economics

Abstract: The object of the model is to determine the number of squatters in a city. In the model, households with incomes below a certain threshold level of income choose to squat and households with incomes above that threshold choose not to squat. This threshold depends on the amount of land available to each squatter household, which itself depends on the number of households choosing to be squatters. The equilibrium established consists of value for the threshold and the amount of land per squatter household that are both consistent with utility-maximizing choices, given such factors as the rate of eviction and the distribution of income. An increase in the rate of eviction will reduce the equilibrium number of squatters in a city even if the total amount of squatter land remains fixed. Fewer households choose to squat because of this higher risk of evition. A numerical example is presented to show how plausible the model is.

Date: 1979-11
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Published as UPSE Discussion Paper No. 1979-20, November 1979

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