homeownership. The factors related to this increase are marriage, increased labor supply by married women, and gifts …

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 …