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post-war reconstruction. However, we find that this rise in income inequality is not permanent. While inequality peaks …-war reconstruction seem to be valid explanations for these patterns of inequality. A series of alternative specifications confirms the …
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Despite the widespread occurrence of humanitarian emergencies such as epidemics, earthquakes, droughts, floods and violent conflict and despite the significant financial resources devoted to humanitarian assistance, systematic learning from such interventions using rigorous theory-based impact...
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job search with liquid wealth accumulation and consumption of housing that can be rented, bought on credit, or sold. In … using NLSY data from 1978 until 2005. We find that more relaxed housing lending conditions, particularly lower downpayment …
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Economic hardship is strongly reflected by the housing market. It is the concern of much research, but its analysis is … modification request. Other relevant searches for "short sale", "REO" (as in Real Estate Owned) or "FHA" (as in Federal Housing … Administration) are used to provide a comprehensive view of the housing market. Using data from the great recession and benchmarking …
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investigations reveal that the gap in housing outcomes is much more pronounced for the probability of home ownership than for home … value or home equity. Once households have entered the housing market, differences across gender, race and family type are …
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In this paper, we present a directed search model of the housing market. The pricing mechanism we analyze reflects the …. Our model offers a new way to look at the housing market from a search-theoretic perspective. In addition, we contribute …
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by owner-occupied housing whereas unsecured debt can be discharged according to bankruptcy regulations. We show that the …
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We analyze how sexual orientation is related to household savings using 2000 US Census data, and find that gay and lesbian couples own significantly more retirement income than heterosexuals, while cohabiting heterosexuals save more than their married counterparts. In a household savings model,...
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) conducted by the Bank of Spain, we show that households with less trust invest more in housing and less in financial assets, in …
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, including how housing prices should be measured. Previous researchers typically have used some combination of rental payments … and homeowner housing values, but housing values are forward-looking and may not reflect current user costs. This paper … examines differences in quality of life estimates for U.S. metropolitan areas using, alternatively, rents and housing values …
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