Replication Data and Code for the Impact of Homelessness Prevention Programs on Homelessness
Replication Data and Code for the Impact of Homelessness Prevention Programs on Homelessness
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无家可归预防计划对无家可归者影响的复制数据和代码
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2016
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通讯作者：
Melanie Wallskog
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作者：
James X. Sullivan;Melanie Wallskog
尽管为那些即将无家可归的人提供临时财政援助的计划很普遍，但几乎没有证据表明它们的影响。利用芝加哥2010年至2012年的数据（n = 4448），我们证明了资金可获得性的波动性导致资源分配给寻求援助的个人的随机变化。为了估计影响，我们比较了在有资金时打电话的家庭和在没有资金时打电话的家庭。我们发现，那些在资金可用时打电话的人进入无家可归者收容所的可能性降低了76%。通过财政援助避免无家可归的人均成本估计为10,300美元，如果更好地针对低收入呼叫者提供福利，这一成本将大大降低。不包括许多健康福利，估计福利超过2万美元。
Despite the prevalence of temporary financial assistance programs for those facing imminent homelessness, there is little evidence of their impact. Using data from Chicago from 2010 to 2012 (n = 4448), we demonstrate that the volatile nature of funding availability leads to good-as-random variation in the allocation of resources to individuals seeking assistance. To estimate impacts, we compare families that call when funds are available with those who call when they are not. We find that those calling when funding is available are 76% less likely to enter a homeless shelter. The per-person cost of averting homelessness through financial assistance is estimated as $10,300 and would be much less with better targeting of benefits to lower-income callers. The estimated benefits, not including many health benefits, exceed $20,000.