and homeownership. The cost of shelter is an important determinant of whether youth live independently (apart from parents … and other nonrelated adults), and the cost of homeownership relative to renting is important to the tenure decision … lowered the homeownership rate among young households by 23 percent, which is equivalent to slowing the time to first …

Oswald hypothesizes that regions and countries with high homeownership rates will experience higher natural rates of … unemployment and that rising homeownership in OECD countries since the 1960s provides a key explanation for the rise in the natural … have significantly slower exits from unemployment. Overall, homeownership does not increase unemployment. Finally, in line …