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Mortgage market maturity and homeownership inequality among young households : a five-country perspective
Bičáková, Alena; Sierminska, Eva - 2008 - This version: February 2008
This paper uses the newly constructed Luxembourg Wealth Study data to document cross-country variation in homeownership … rates and the homeownership-income inequality among young households in Finland, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US, and … relate it to cross-country differences in mortgage market maturity. We find that aside from Italy, homeownership rates and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631928
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Mortgage Market Maturity and Homeownership Inequality Among Young Households : A Five-Country Perspective
Bicakova, Alena; Sierminska, Eva - 2008
This paper uses the newly constructed Luxembourg Wealth Study data to document cross-country variation in homeownership … rates and the homeownership-income inequality among young households in Finland, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US, and … relate it to cross-country differences in mortgage market maturity. We find that aside from Italy, homeownership rates and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219952
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Mortgage market maturity and homeownership inequality among young households : a five-country perspective
Bičáková, Alena (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper uses the newly constructed Luxembourg Wealth Study data to document cross-country variation in homeownership … rates and the homeownership-income inequality among young households in Finland, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US, and … relate it to cross-country differences in mortgage market maturity. We find that aside from Italy, homeownership rates and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726010
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Mortgage finance in Central and Eastern Europe : opportunity or burden?
Beck, Thorsten; Kibuuka, Katie; Tiongson, Erwin R. - 2010
Household credit, especially for mortgages, has doubled over the past years in the new European Union member countries, raising concerns about the economic and social consequences of household indebtedness in the event of a macroeconomic crisis. Using household survey data for 2005, 2006, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940327
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Mortgage Finance in Central and Eastern Europe : Opportunity or Burden?
Beck, Thorsten - 2010
Household credit, especially for mortgages, has doubled over the past years in the new European Union member countries, raising concerns about the economic and social consequences of household indebtedness in the event of a macroeconomic crisis. Using household survey data for 2005, 2006, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147559
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Mortgage interest deductions and homeownership : an international survey
Bourassa, Steven C.; Haurin, Donald R.; Hendershott, … - 2012
homeownership rates. The probability of becoming a homeowner is a function of the relative cost of owning and renting, borrowing … supply is inelastic. homeownership ; tax policy ; prices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009558474
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Mortgage Usage and Mortgage Payments as Share of Income in China : Comparing Residential Homeowners and Housing Investors
Chen, Xue; Pu, Xiaoling; Chen, Danni - 2021
The study investigates factors associated with mortgage usage and the share of income that Chinese use for mortgage payments. Using data from the 2010 China Family Panel Study, we found mortgage usage shows a hump-shaped income effect. Workers in government-controlled nonprofit institutions are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014351696
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Differences in euro-area household finances and their relevance for monetary-policy transmission
Hintermaier, Thomas; Koeniger, Winfried - 2018
This paper quantifies the extent of heterogeneity in consumption responses to changes in real interest rates and house prices in the four largest economies in the euro area: France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. We first calibrate a life-cycle incomplete-markets model with a liquid financial asset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863469
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Differences in euro-area household finances and their relevance for monetary-policy transmission
Hintermaier, Thomas; Koeniger, Winfried - 2019
This paper quantifies the extent of heterogeneity in consumption responses to changes in real interest rates and house prices in the four largest economies in the euro area: France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. We first calibrate a life-cycle incomplete-markets model with a financial asset and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129430
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Differences in euro-area household finances and their relevance for monetary-policy transmission
Hintermaier, Thomas; Koeniger, Winfried - 2019
This paper quantifies the extent of heterogeneity in consumption responses to changes in real interest rates and house prices in the four largest economies in the euro area: France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. We first calibrate a life-cycle incomplete-markets model with a financial asset and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133482