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PUBLIC AND SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AS A PLATFORM FOR BECOMING A UNITED STATES CITIZEN†

  1. John I. Carruthers1,
  2. Natasha T. Duncan2,
  3. Brigitte S. Waldorf3

Article first published online: 12 FEB 2013

DOI: 10.1111/jors.12013

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Journal of Regional Science

Journal of Regional Science

Volume 53, Issue 1, pages 60–90, February 2013

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Carruthers, J. I., Duncan, N. T. and Waldorf, B. S. (2013), PUBLIC AND SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AS A PLATFORM FOR BECOMING A UNITED STATES CITIZEN. Journal of Regional Science, 53: 60–90. doi: 10.1111/jors.12013

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  1. 1

    Sustainable Urban Planning Program, The George Washington University, 950 N Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203. E-mail: jic@gwu.edu

  2. 2

    Department of Political Science, Mercyhurst University, 501 E 38th Street, Erie, PA 16546. E-mail: nduncan@mercyhurst.edu

  3. 3

    Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, 403 W State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2056. E-mail: bwaldorf@purdue.edu

  1. †

    This paper was presented at the Journal of Regional Science Workshop on Immigration at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, November 7–8, 2011, and the 2011 meetings of the North American Regional Science Council in Miami, FL. Previous versions of it and related research were presented at the 2011 mid-year meetings of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association in Washington, DC; the 2011 meetings of the European Regional Science Association in Barcelona, Spain; the 2010 meetings of the North American Regional Science Council in Denver, CO; and at research seminars at the Korean Research Institute on Human Settlements and the USCIS Office of Policy and Strategy. Background research related to this paper was presented at the 2008 meetings of the North American Regional Science Council in Brooklyn, NY. Special thanks to session participants for their helpful comments and feedback and, especially, to Randy Crane for his input on policy outcomes. John I. Carruthers dedicates his work on this project to his favorite non-U.S. citizen, Giuliana Canè.

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  1. Issue published online: 12 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 12 FEB 2013
  3. Received: February 2012; revised: September 2012; accepted: October 2012.

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