Plausibly Exogenous [786] - Legal Representation (03/15/2022)
LHS Variable
Welfare
RHS Variable
Legal representation in civil procedures
Source of Exogenous Variation
Roll-out of New York City’s Universal Access to Counsel program (UA), which offered free legal representation in housing court to tenants with income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline
- Cassidy and Currie (2022), “The Effects of Legal Representation on Tenant Outcomes in Housing Court: Evidence from New York City's Universal Access Program”