, giving rise to an oversized road infrastructure, electricity generation capacity and housing stock. Weaknesses in labour …

price correction in these segments spills over into other markets. The country benefits from a sound and effective housing … on loan losses would better align private and social interests. There may be a shortage of rental housing in several … and increase incentives for private-sector development of affordable housing. This Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD …

unemployment rate. Mobility is hampered by the underdevelopment of the rental housing market, while there is room to enhance the …

years housing construction had not kept pace with increases in the number of households. In response to these developments … and a contraction in construction activity. Recent price developments are not the only economic issue in Israeli housing …. As in a number of other OECD countries, housing policies favour home ownership through tax settings and subsidies for …

The inflation measure used by the European Central Bank excludes housing costs that are borne by home owners even …-occupied housing costs driven a wedge between the official harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) and the cost of living? To answer … this question, a measure of the user cost of housing capital has been constructed for every euro area country (except …

in asset prices, especially as regards housing, though no systematic effects are identified on equity markets …

The housing market figures among the main determinants of labour mobility, as households seldom make employment and … housing decisions independently of each other. This interdependence is likely to strengthen as the cost of commuting increases … Dutch housing market is more rigid than in many other OECD countries, as the result of numerous government interventions …

China’s exceptional economic expansion has led to rising energy demand and pollution as well as other environmental …-and-control measures ought to make way gradually for well-implemented market-based approaches. Energy and water pricing need to be reformed …