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volatility significantly increases the mortgage delinquency risk. This pattern even holds for borrowers with higher …We investigate the socio-economic determinants of mortgage delinquency in 12 EU countries and observe that income …-income profiles if volatility in income is high enough. From this result we can draw the following conclusions: i) mortgage protection …
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Barriers to homeownership have traditionally been an important research and policy issue. In particular, the role of …-occupancy propensities is driven by risk aversion, as it is assumed in most of the theoretical models, or on the contrary it is driven by … income uncertainty and credit constraints exert a significant negative effect on the probability of homeownership. Our main …
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In this paper, we review the evidence base for social mixing in neighbourhoods, which is used as a strategy to tackle assumed negative neighbourhood effects. We discuss in detail the theoretical links between neighbourhood characteristics, and outcomes of individuals living in concentrations of...
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deterioration of underwriting practices and a boom in mortgage lending did not benefit minorities and immigrant homeownership in the … homeownership particularly if they obtained the mortgage during subprime boom period from 2004 - 2006. Hispanics, on the other hand … homeownership experience during the recent housing boom and housing bust was not homogenous across all groups in the U.S. The recent …
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This paper is concerned with the location of immigrants in the United States, as reported in the 1990 Census. Where they settle has implications for the economic, social and political impact of immigrants. Immigrants are highly geographically concentrated. Compared to the native born they are...
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homeownership experience high parental voting turnout in elections. We also investigate whether homeownership influences the … associations between homeownership and state-ownership rates and outcome variables. Our findings show no discernible effect of … homeownership on parental voting turnout in school elections after controls are added (contrary to the simple positive association …
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Was the increase in income inequality in the US due to permanent shocks or merely to an increase in the variance of transitory shocks? The implications for consumption and welfare depend crucially on the answer to this question. We use CEX repeated cross-section data on consumption and income to...
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design of mortgage insurance products. …
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This paper is concerned with the determinants and consequences of immigrant/linguistic concentrations (enclaves). The reasons for the formation of these concentrations are discussed. Hypotheses are developed regarding ?ethnic goods? and the effect of concentrations on the immigrant?s language...
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Understanding whether criminal behavior is contagious is important for law enforcement and for policies that affect how people are sorted across social settings. We test the hypothesis that criminal behavior is contagious by using data from the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) randomized...
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