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Overcrowding in British cities in 1904
Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew - 2007
overcrowding. We provide evidence that Scottish workers generally spent their rent reduction entirely on food, rather than saving. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268649
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No room to live: urban overcrowding in Edwardian Britain
Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew - 2009
industries high rent and overcrowding are more prevalent. Within cities, but not between cities, variations in infant mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268944
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Overcrowding in British Cities in 1904
Newell, Andrew Thomas; Gazeley, Ian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
overcrowding. We provide evidence that Scottish workers generally spent their rent reduction entirely on food, rather than saving. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822881
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No Room to Live: Urban Overcrowding in Edwardian Britain
Gazeley, Ian; Newell, Andrew T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
industries high rent and overcrowding are more prevalent. Within cities, but not between cities, variations in infant mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005004570
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Sweden´s Pensioners: How They Have Fared in theRoller Coaster Ride through the Past Decade and aHalf of Deep Recession and Economic Exuberance
Gustafsson, Björn; Johansson, Mats; Palmer, Edward - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This study analyses the development of the economic well-being of the elderly in Swedensince 1990 - a period characterized by increased influence from the financial market andextreme economic events - using data from the Household Income Survey. The elderly werenot isolated as pensions were cut,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860764
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Compensating Differentials in Emerging Labor and Housing Markets: Estimates of Quality of Life in Russian Cities
Berger, Mark C.; Blomquist, Glenn C.; Sabirianova … - 2003
The existence of compensating differentials in Russian labor and housing markets is examined using data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) augmented by city and regional-specific characteristics from other sources. While Russia is undergoing transition to a market economy, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261613
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Immigration and housing rents in American cities
Saiz, Albert - 2006
cities. The positive association of rent growth and immigrant inflows is pervasive in time series for all metropolitan areas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267724
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Wages, rents and heterogeneous moving costs
Krupka, Douglas J.; Donaldson, Kwame - 2007
The model of compensating differentials in regional labor markets was developed by Roback (1982). The model interprets regional differences in constant quality wages and rents as compensating firms and residents for inter-regional differences in amenities. The model assumes that the costs of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268206
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Taxing home ownership: Distributional effects of including net imputed rent in taxable income
Figari, Francesco; Paulus, Alari; Sutherland, Holly; … - 2012
rent, net of mortgage interest and maintenance costs, in taxable income as any cash income source that extends consumption … opportunities. Three scenarios are analysed in six European countries: in the first imputed rent is included in the taxable income … abolished. In two further revenue-neutral scenarios, the additional tax revenue raised through the taxation of imputed rent is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282310
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Differences in quality of life estimates using rents and home values
Winters, John V. - 2012
more dispersed than rent-based estimates, likely because of the recent housing bubble and because housing values often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287640