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A Human Capital Index for the Italian Provinces
Pasquini, Alessandra - 2020
Italy, the use of such an index at national level may not be enough to have a clear picture of the human capital conditions … high heterogeneity into consideration, we develop a Human Capital Index for Italy disaggregated at provincial level. The …
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The Price of Indoor Air Pollution : Evidence from Radon Maps and the Housing Market
Pinchbeck, Edward - 2020
This paper uses the housing market to examine the costs of indoor air pollution. We focus on radon, an indoor air pollutant which is the largest source of exposure to natural ionising radiation and the leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. To overcome potential confounders, we exploit a...
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The Effects of Flood Insurance on Housing Markets
Indaco, Agustín - 2018
We analyze the role of food insurance on the housing markets of coastal cities. To do so we have assembled a parcel-level dataset including the universe of residential sales for three coastal urban areas in the United States – Miami-Dade county (2008-2015), New York city (2003-2016), and...
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Immigration, Housing Rents, and Residential Segregation : Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Balkan, Binnur - 2018
The massive inflow of Syrian refugees is argued to drastically affect various social and economic outcomes in the hosting countries and regions. In this paper, we use micro-level data to investigate whether the Syrian refugee inflows have affected the market for housing rentals in Turkey. The...
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Rising Sea Levels and Sinking Property Values : The Effects of Hurricane Sandy on New York's Housing Market
Ortega, Francesc - 2016
Are coastal cities adjusting to rising sea levels? This paper argues that large-scale events have the potential to ignite the process. We examine the effects of hurricane Sandy on the New York City housing market. We assemble a large plot-level dataset with rich geographic data on housing sales...
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Trend-Spotting in the Housing Market
Askitas, Nikos - 2015
Category of Google Trends. I call this ratio the Google US Housing Market BUSE Index or simply the BUSE index. It expresses the … S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Since the latter is monthly and published as a three-month moving average with a two … seasonal variations of this ratio the BUSE index recaptures traces of prospect theory whose applicability in the housing market …
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The Private Schooling Phenomenon in India : A Review
Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi - 2017
This paper examines the size, growth, salaries, per-pupil-costs, pupil achievement levels and cost-effectiveness of private schools, and compares these with the government school sector. Official data show a steep growth of private schooling and a corresponding rapid shrinkage in the size of the...
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International Migration and Regional Housing Markets : Evidence from France
d'Albis, Hippolyte - 2017
This article examines the causal relations between non-European immigration and the characteristics of the housing market in host regions. We constructed a unique database from administrative records and used it to assess annual migration flows into France's 22 administrative regions from 1990...
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Public Housing Magnets : Public Housing Supply and Immigrants' Location Choices
Verdugo, Gregory - 2014
This paper investigates how a reform allowing immigrants with children in France access to public housing during the 1970s influenced their initial location choices across local labour markets. We find that cities with higher public housing supplies have a large 'magnetic effect' on the location...
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Superstition, Conspicuous Spending, and Housing Markets : Evidence from Singapore
Agarwal, Sumit - 2016
For most people, buying a home is their single largest financial commitment. Previous research shows that Chinese buyers pay less for homes with unlucky addresses and more for homes with lucky addresses. Using Singapore data on housing transactions combined with a plethora of individual buyer...
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