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Workplace Training and Labour Market Institutions in Europe
Brunello, Giorgio - In: CESifo DICE Report 4 (2006) 4, pp. 33-41
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The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Competitiveness in the European Cement Industry - Results of a Matched Plant Comparison between Germany, Spain and the UK
Triebswetter, Ursula; Hitchens, D. - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 3, pp. 38-49
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The Mortgage Interest Deduction and its Impact on Homeownership Decisions
Hilber, Christian A. L.; Turner, Tracy M. - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 96 (2014) 3, pp. 618-637
homeownership attainment, using data from 1984 to 2007 and exploiting variation in the subsidy arising from changes in the MID … on homeownership. We find that the MID boosts homeownership attainment only of higher-income households in less tightly … homeownership and improve social welfare. © 2014 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of …
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Housing Demand in Brazil: Evidence from the Formal and Informal Sectors
Piza, Caio; Litchfield, Julie; Balderrama, Fernando - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper describes the determinants of housing demand in Brazil, with the intention of informing policy aimed at reducing the housing deficit and increasing home ownership. As price elasticity for renters is slightly higher, public policies that aim to influence the price of dwellings and/or...
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The Role of Affordable Mortgages in Improving Living Standards and Stimulating Growth; A Survey of Selected Mena Countries
Nothaft, Frank E.; Erbas, S. Nuri - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
This paper argues that making affordable home mortgage loans available to a large cross section of the population will serve both the redistributive and growth-enhancing objectives of poverty reduction policies. The current state of housing and mortgage markets in selected Middle East and North...
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Drivers of Homeownership Rates in Selected OECD Countries
Andrews, Dan; Sánchez, Aida Caldera - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
homeownership rates remains unexplained by shifts in household characteristics, leaving a potential role for public policy in …Homeownership rates have increased significantly in many OECD countries over recent decades. Using micro … households, including age, household structure, incomes and education. Nevertheless, a significant portion of the change in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008873251
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Wohnungsmarkt und Städteplan in der DDR : Anfangslage - Probleme - Konzepte
Zimmermann, Joachim - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 43 (1990) 15, pp. 09-21
Der Verfasser befaßt sich mit dem Stand der quantitativen und qualitativen Wohnraumversorgung, sowie der Stadtentwicklung in der DDR. Er stellt fest, daß die DDR mit nur 5% Wohnungen die nach 1945 errichtet wurden über die älteste Bausubstanz aller Industrieländer verfügt. Durch verfehlte...
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Wohneigentum privater Haushalte: EU-Schlusslicht Deutschland
Hinrichs, Wilhelm - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2010), pp. 114-127
innerhalb der EU-27 die wenigsten Haushalte mit selbst genutztem Wohneigentum aufweist. Anhand der Entwicklung seit den 50er …
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A Bird's Eye View of OECD Housing Markets
André, Christophe - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
Housing markets have played a prominent role in macroeconomic developments over recent years. For a great part of the 2000s, buoyant housing markets have contributed to sustained economic activity in most OECD countries. But many markets overheated and the collapse of the US subprime mortgage...
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Der Wohnungsbestand der neuen Bundesländer - Privatisierungsfähigkeit und Privatisierungspotentiale
Behring, Karin - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 01 (1994) 02, pp. 37-40
sich rund 20 % der Bewohner für eine Übernahme in Wohneigentum. Mit steigendem Einkommen nimmt das Interesse an einer …
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