Episode 34: David Phillips on emergency financial assistance

David Phillips talks about how emergency financial assistance for housing affects crime.

"Does emergency financial assistance reduce crime?" by Caroline Palmer, David C. Phillips, and James X. Sullivan.

OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• "Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much" by Sendhil Mullainathan.

• "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" by Matthew Desmond.

• "Family Violence and Football: The Effect of Unexpected Emotional Cues on Violent Behavior" by David Card and Gordon B. Dahl.

• "Welfare Payments and Crime" by C. Fritz Foley.

• "SNAP Benefits and Crime: Evidence from Changing Disbursement Schedules" by Jillian B. Carr and Analisa Packham.

• Episode 28 of Probable Causation: Jillian Carr.

• "The impact of homelessness prevention programs on homelessness" by William N. Evans, James X. Sullivan, and Melanie Wallskog.

• "SNAP Schedules and Domestic Violence" by Jillian B. Carr and Analisa Packham.

• "The Impact of Economic Opportunity on Criminal Behavior: Evidence from the Fracking Boom" by Brittany Street.

• “Fracking, Recidivism and Crime” by Ozkan Erin and Emily Owens. (Draft available from the authors upon request.)

• "Sheltering in Place and Domestic Violence: Evidence from Calls for Service during COVID-19" by Emily Leslie and Riley Wilson.