Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/280564 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
AEI Economics Working Paper No. 2017-11
Version Description: 
Updated July 2017
Publisher: 
American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
While almost all homeless people are poor, most poor people do not experience homelessness. We use a detailed national survey to explore the role of social ties - including connection to relatives, friends and religious community - in explaining why only a subset of poor adults fall into homelessness.
Subjects: 
Poverty
homelessness
JEL: 
A
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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