Effects of early housing market entry: Evidence from lottery-assignment of new rental apartments
How is an area’s socioeconomic and demographic mix affected by random allocation of housing? What does it mean for a young person to receive their own home without having to wait in a housing queue for many years? Does this, in turn, have an impact on educational outcomes, family formation, labour market outcomes, and general wellbeing?
This research project will try to answer the questions by examining the consequences of having new rental apartments allocated to interested individuals through a lottery-based decision. The lottery breaks the so-called selection problem, which means that only individuals with certain characteristics will live there.
The experimental design of the allocation of housing gives researchers good opportunities to find credible answers to the causal questions.