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    The impact of housing assistance on the employment outcomes of labour market programme participants in Australia

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    Authors
    Feeny, S.
    Ong, Rachel
    Spong, H.
    Wood, G.
    Date
    2011
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Feeny, Simon and Ong, Rachel and Spong, Heath and Wood, Gavin. 2011. The impact of housing assistance on the employment outcomes of labour market programme participants in Australia. Urban Studies. 49 (4): pp. 821-844.
    Source Title
    Urban Studies
    DOI
    10.1177/0042098011405694
    ISSN
    00420980
    School
    School of Economics and Finance
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5792
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This paper examines whether the employment outcomes of Australian labour market programme participants vary according to whether they receive housing assistance. This issue attracted attention when a series of US studies showed that clients of welfare-to-work programmes are more likely to achieve positive employment outcomes if housing assistance is also received. This paper tracks the employment outcomes of labour market programme participants utilising six waves of data from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) database. Findings from a random effects model suggest that housing assistance status has little impact (either negative or positive) on employment outcomes. Differences in the institutional arrangements governing access to housing assistance could be responsible for the absence of any effect in Australia.

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