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Housing markets and housing policies in India
Tiwari, Piyush; Rao, Jyoti - 2016
Issues of housing in India are synonymous with ignorance of housing in active government involvement at the policy and … 2011. Though India has a long history of establishing policies, programs, and institutions to cater to housing, without … housing shortage in India, there is desperate need to prepare a framework for housing by (i) including housing as a …
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The Effect of the Theo van Gogh Murder on House Prices in Amsterdam
Gautier, Pieter A.; Siegmann, Arjen; van Vuuren, Aico - 2007
This paper estimates the impact of the murder of film maker Theo vanGogh on November 2, 2004, on listed house prices in Amsterdam with aunique dataset. We use an hedonic-market approach to show that gen-eral attitudes towards Muslim minorities were negatively affected by themurder. Specifically,...
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Immigration and housing booms: evidence from Spain
González Luna, Libertad; Ortega, Francesc - 2009
We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over the period 1998-2008. This decade is characterized by both a spectacular housing market boom and a stunning immigration wave. We exploit the variation in immigration across...
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Immigration and Housing Booms: Evidence from Spain
Gonzalez, Libertad; Ortega, Francesc - 2009
We estimate empirically the effect of immigration on house prices and residential construction activity in Spain over the period 1998-2008. This decade is characterized by both a spectacular housing market boom and a stunning immigration wave. We exploit the variation in immigration across...
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Explaining spatial variation in homeownership rates: Results for German regions
Lerbs, Oliver; Oberst, Christian - 2011
A wide range of aggregate data is used to examine the spatial variation in homeownership rates among a cross-section of 96 German planning regions. The analysis accounts for potential endogeneity of prices and affordability as well as for spatial dependence in homeownership levels. In addition...
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Scheitern der sozialen Wohnungspolitik: Wie bezahlbaren Wohnraum schaffen?
Breyer, Friedrich; Hoffmeister-Kraut, Nicole; Wrede, … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 71 (2018) 21, pp. 3-30
Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie zur derzeit herrschenden Wohnungspolitik vor. Demnach sind die zuletzt beschlossenen …-Nürnberg, sieht eine soziale Wohnungspolitik in einer Sicherung der Grundversorgung, einer effizienteren Nutzung der Flächen und einer …
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Structural equation modelling of users' assessment of affordable housing in developing cities
Akinyode, Babatunde Femi; Jelili, Musibau Omoakin; … - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 18 (2018) 3, pp. 1059-1087
This study investigated the users' assessment of affordable housing in developing cities among the residents of Ibadan urban centre. Affordable housing entails users having access to quality housing at reasonable prices, obtaining it, maintaining the ability to meet other basic costs of living...
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Gentrification and displacement in English cities
Waights, Sevrin - 2014
This paper uses the British Household Panel Survey (1991-2008) and the UK Census (waves 1991, 2001 and 2011) to examine the association between gentrification and displacement in English cities. Gentrification is the phenomena of a large and relatively sudden in-migration of wealthy or middle...
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Economic Impacts of Cultural Diversity in the Netherlands: Productivity, Utility, and Sorting
Bakens, Jessie; Mulder, Peter; Nijkamp, Peter - 2012
This paper identifies the role of cultural diversity in explaining spatial disparities in wages and housing prices across Dutch cities, using unique individual panel data of home owners. We distinguish between the effects of interactions-based productivity, consumption amenities and sorting of...
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Argentina`s Housing Market in the 2000s
Cristini, Marcela; Moya, Ramiro; Bermudez, Guillermo - 2011
In the last three decades, the supply of housing in Argentina has not kept pace with demand. This study analyzes the main drivers of Argentina's housing market and relates them to the macroeconomic environment in order to advance a policy agenda for housing policy reform. The demand for housing...
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