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We investigate the employment effects of living in affordable housing. We develop a unique administrative data set of … labor market biographies linked to affordable housing projects in five German cities. This allows us to follow individuals … in affordable housing over almost 20 years. The funding scheme is similar to the American LIHTC program, so the results …
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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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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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, 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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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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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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Using a quantitative spatial model as a data-generating process, we explore how spatial frictions affect the measurement of quality of life. We find that under a canonical parameterization, mobility frictions - generated by idiosyncratic tastes and local ties - dominate trade frictions -...
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Refugees require assistance for basic needs like housing but local host communities may feel excluded from that … assistance, potentially affecting community relations. This study experimentally evaluates the effect of a housing assistance … and landlord incentives for housing improvements, but saw only moderate uptake, in part due to landlord reluctance. The …
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"golden visas" impact real estate housing markets. Using the population of transactions records from 2007 to 2019, we analyse … average of around €38,000 at the investment threshold, indicating a more than 10% price increase in high-end housing prices …
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