Haurin, Donald; Rosenthal, Stuart - Ohio State University, Department of Economics - 2007
1970 to 2000 public use micro samples (PUMS) of the decennial census. Results indicate that lower headship rates tend to …, declining headship rates between 1970 and 2000 reduced homeownership rates by 3 to 5 percentage points. Moreover, year-2000 … African American headship rates narrow white-black gaps in homeownership by roughly three percentage points, while year-2000 …