This review takes stock of contemporary social science research on homelessness.
Research on homelessness in the 1980s has been prompted by the increased numbers and …

This paper surveys research on homelessness. The emphases are on the last decade,
rather than earlier; and the United States, rather than the rest of the world. The approach is …

In Homelessness Is a Housing Problem, Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern seek to
explain the substantial regional variation in rates of homelessness in cities across the United …

This chapter provides an overview of the methodological and practical issues that arise
when estimating causal relationships that are of interest to labor economists. The subject …

This updated second edition of At Risk in America provides a detailed analysis of those key
population groups most vulnerable to disease and injury in the United States today …

This research utilized an ethnographic approach to advance our understanding of the
survival strategies employed by the homeless in our society. We examine the types of …

“Economic and political forces no longer combat poverty—they generate poverty!" exclaim
William Goldsmith and Edward Blakely in their report on the plight of American's urban poor …

The high prevalence of alcohol and drug abuse and mental illness imposes a substantial
financial burden on those affected and on society. The authors present estimates of the …

Describes the nature of homelessness, its multiple causes, and its demographic, economic,
sociological, and social policy antecedents. Finding the origins of the problem to be social …

IN THE MID-1960s, the United States embarked on a War on Poverty. The generals in the
war enlisted economists and other social scientists to help them define and measure …