household formation. We study whether such omission leads to a distorted assessment of trends and differentials in homeownership …. In the 1990s, many groups experienced a decline in household formation, which indirectly elevated the overall … homeownership rate by removing renters. Moreover, Asians have very low household formation but high homeownership rates, which are …

Spain’s housing boom was supported by rapid economic expansion, strong employment growth, an immigration boom, and … 2010, employment and value added in construction are projected to halve as peak housing starts are completed. The …, housing market cyclicality could be reduced by fading out generous home ownership incentives. …

In this paper I explore the relationship between population and housing. I argue that this relationship is two …-sided. On the one hand, the size of a population, and particularly the number of households, determines the demand for housing …. On the other hand, the availability of suitable and affordable housing may attract certain categories of migrants. It …

It is now well-established that the U.S. housing market crisis preceded the labor market crisis and that, in the wake … housing crises varied by MSA; and 2) the association between the timing of the labor market and housing crises and changes in … period 2005 (pre-crisis) through 2010/2011. MSAs are categorized into those where the housing market declined first, those …

value or home equity. Once households have entered the housing market, differences across gender, race and family type are … and Program Participation (SIPP) to investigate gender and race disparities in home ownership, value, and equity. These … investigations reveal that the gap in housing outcomes is much more pronounced for the probability of home ownership than for home …

notion of fair meritocracy. Singapore's race policy attempts to level the playing field through its unique race-based self …-help organizations and a comprehensive, racially integrated, public housing program. Individuals are then sorted by the ostensibly …

, employment, and housing opportunity. In the wake of intervening decades, the current paper applies data from 2000 to assess anew … the ongoing, limited access of black households to schooling, employment, and housing opportunities available outside …

This paper use spatial econometric models to test for racial preferences in a small urban housing market. Identifying … three strategies to redress this problem: (1) we focus on housing price differences across microneighborhoods in the small … have lower housing prices. However, racial price discounts are no longer significant when we account for the spatial …