chronic problem in urban areas. Governments try to alleviate it by stimulating homeownership among middle-income households … conclude from our empirical analysis that governmental policy indeed positively affects homeownership rates and social housing …

A wide range of aggregate data is used to examine the spatial variation in homeownership rates among a cross-section of … spatial dependence in homeownership levels. In addition to familiar demographic and socioeconomic variables, the regional … disparities in homeownership rates between eastern and western Germany as well as between rural, urbanized and agglomerated …