The future of American homeownership is being pushed in contradictory directions by demographic changes. The aging of … the Baby Boomers would support higher levels of homeownership, but the increasing minority share of the population and the … persistent racial gap in homeownership acts to reduce homeownership. Layered on top of these demographics is an uncertain …

homeownership in Japan. We find that although both rural and urban households with higher incomes are more likely to transition to … homeownership, access in rural areas is more equally distributed over various income groups. Since most of the previous empirical …, whereas in rural areas homeownership is more equally distributed. Nonetheless, given the relatively low levels of household …

implications of homeownership. After controlling for income, housing quality and health, female homeowners are not better off than …

homeownership experience during the recent housing boom and housing bust was not homogenous across all groups in the U.S. The recent … deterioration of underwriting practices and a boom in mortgage lending did not benefit minorities and immigrant homeownership in the … U.S. Blacks experienced significantly lower increase in homeownership than the whites but highest exit from …