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Edgar O. Olsen
Researcher at University of Virginia
Publications - 51
Citations - 2224
Edgar O. Olsen is an academic researcher from University of Virginia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public housing & Voucher. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 49 publications receiving 2030 citations. Previous affiliations of Edgar O. Olsen include Illinois Institute of Technology & RAND Corporation.
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Are Section 8 housing subsidies too high
Amy Crews Cutts,Edgar O. Olsen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Section 8 Existing Housing Program (S8EHB) is proposed to provide subsidies to low-income families living in privately-owned rental units of their own choosing.
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Explaining Attrition in the Housing Voucher Program
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used administrative data on families that participated in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 8 Housing Voucher Program between 1995 and 2002 combined with data from other sources to estimate the differences in attrition rates among families with demographic characteristics of greatest interest for housing policy and the effects on attrition of changes in the program's main parameters.