Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- A. Introduction -- B. The housing market -- C. The mortgage market -- D. Housing and government policy -- Appendix: Summary of Symbols and Sources of Data -- Notes

The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between happiness and housing prices in Canada. The happiness data were obtained from the General Social Survey between 2009 and 2013, asking respondents to report overall happiness level by using scale ranging between 1 to 10 points....

To the extent that families' fertility decisions respond to economic factors, the price of housing is an important and relatively neglected candidate for consideration in fertility decisions. In theory, the effect of changes in housing prices on family size will depend on the quantity of housing...