Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/300982 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17086
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We employ a unique 10-year panel dataset from California to examine both the effect crime has on homelessness as well as the effect homelessness has on crime. Our main estimator accounts for endogeneity by incorporating dynamics, controlling for time invariant unobserved heterogeneity, and relaxing the strict exogeneity assumption for our key variables of interest. We find strong evidence that regions experiencing increases in property crime, but not violent crime, should expect a practically significant increase in homelessness, whereas increases in homelessness increases the number of violent crimes, but not property crimes. Robustness and falsification checks confirm the results.
Subjects: 
homeless
crime
instrumental variables
JEL: 
K14
R20
C23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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