This presentation will initially focus on a wider discussion of housing economics, current debates among housing economists, and how economics can be applied to practical, policy-relevant research questions in the housing realm. The presentation will then turn to a specific research paper, which examines the targeting of rent subsidies among renting households in Ireland.
Using survey microdata which captures household level data, and applying the propensity score matching method, the paper estimates the impact of the rental subsidy on households and on the income distribution; counterfactual scenarios are also examined. The principal findings of the paper will then be related to the general points made at the beginning of the presentation.
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