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This paper establishes a simple theoretical framework which comprises key forces that shape the structure and interrelation of cities to study the interdependencies between urban evolution and the environment. We focus on the potential of the unfettered market forces to economize on emissions. A...
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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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We propose a new nonparametric approach to estimate the production function for housing. Our estimation treats output … competitive house builders. For parcels of a given size, we compute housing by summing across the marginal products of non … housing across locations. We implement our methodology on newly-built single-family homes in France. We find that the …
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with foreign name and natives have different outcomes in Spain's housing market. Results suggest there are significant …
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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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higher levels of unemployment although home-owners tend to be unemployed less. The choice of housing tenure affects moving … mobility and unemployment, and discusses effects of government intervention in the housing market. In addition, it is shown …
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This paper analyses the net worth and asset portfolios of native- and foreign-born Australian families using HILDA (wave 2) data. Specifically, we estimate a system of asset equations with an adding-up constraint imposed to control for variation in households' total net worth. Our results...
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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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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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