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Policies for inclusive urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - 2013
families to education, health and other social services must continue to improve, in particular via further changes to the …
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Housing and inequality : the case of Luxembourg and its cross-border workers
Claveres, Guillaume; Mathä, Thomas; Pulina, Giuseppe; … - 2020
The rate of homeownership is close to the OECD average in Luxembourg. However, strong house price increases, mainly driven by population growth and limited housing supply, led to a deterioration in affordability of housing, in particular for the young and added to the wealth gap between...
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Should I stay or should I go? : housing and residential mobility across OECD countries
Causa, Orsetta; Pichelmann, Jacob - 2020
, including from transfer taxes, are associated with lower residential mobility, especially among younger households, which are …, particularly for renters, low-educated and low-income households. Beyond housing policies, more generous cash income support to low …
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Improving well-being through better housing policy in New Zealand
Barker, Andrew - 2019
New Zealand’s housing supply has not kept pace with rising demand, including from net immigration. Affordability has worsened, particularly for low-income renters. Government action is underway to allow new housing through initiatives such as the Urban Growth Agenda, KiwiBuild and the Housing...
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Maintaining an efficient and equitable housing market in Belgium
Zwart, Sanne - 2015
Housing conditions in Belgium are among the best in OECD countries according to the Better Life Index, as dwellings are of high quality and large, and housing costs are average. However, the steep increase in house prices since 2003 has put market access for first-time buyers under pressure....
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Household debt in OECD countries : stylished facts and policy issues
André, Christophe - 2016
household debt for households, the financial system and the wider economy. Finally, it describes the challenges faced by …
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Policies to tame the housing cycle in Switzerland
Vujanovic, Petar - 2016
Since 2000, real estate prices in Switzerland have risen rapidly. By some measures, between 2000 and 2014 apartment prices almost doubled, while those of single-family homes increased by around 60%. Price rises have varied considerably across cantons. Transactions activity in the sector has been...
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Betting the house in Denmark
Smidova, Zuzana - 2016
institutions and pension funds. Danish households have large balance sheets and high levels of gross debt. Even though the high … market and households’ balance sheets contributing to macroeconomic volatility. Currently, the very low interest rate …
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Housing policy in Chile : a case study on two housing programmes for low-income households
Salvi del Pero, Angelica - 2016
. The proportion of households that have no housing or that live in sub-standard housing has fallen from 23% in 1992 to 10 … housing stock; on average this tenure comprises 32% of the housing stock across OECD countries (Salvi Del Pero et al. 2015 … to homeownership among low-income households; this programme – through various modifications – has been a central …
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Policies to promote access to good-quality affordable housing in OECD countries
Salvi del Pero, Angelica; Adema, Willem; Ferraro, Valeria; … - 2016
housing. In addition, many households live in low-quality dwellings: 15% of low-income households live in overcrowded … many households throughout the OECD. …
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