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Gobillon, Laurent; Solignac, Matthieu - 2013

We investigate the difference in homeownership rate between natives and immigrants as well as its evolution in France …. stayers), we show that returns of characteristics change in favor of immigrants consistently with better integration and this … is particularly true for South Europeans. Moreover, for immigrants, entries on the territory have a large negative effect …

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Is there discriminatory mortgage pricing against immigrants in the Spanish lending market?

Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Raya, Josep Maria - 2011

In this paper, we investigate whether evidence of discriminatory treatment against immigrants in the Spanish mortgage … mortgagors. We observe that immigrants are systematically charged with higher interest rates. We apply the well known Oaxaca …-Blinder decomposition to measure the extent to which this disparate treatment of lenders in mortgage pricing against immigrants is due to …

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Is there a bubble in the Chinese housing market?

Dreger, Christian; Zhang, Yanqun - 2011

For many analysts, the Chinese economy is spurred by a bubble in the housing market, probably driven by the fiscal stimulus package and massive credit expansion, with possible adverse effects to the real economy. For example, the stock of loans increased by more than 50 percent since the end of...

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The impact of objective and subjective measures of air quality and noise on house prices : a multilevel approach for downtown Madrid

Chasco Yrigoyen, Coro; Le Gallo, Julie - 2011 - Draft version

Air quality is one of the major concerns in big cities. It is therefore of interest to evaluate properly air pollution. Specifically, this paper aims at measuring how air quality is incorporated in transaction prices in downtown Madrid. For that purpose, we use multilevel models since our sample...

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Housing allocations and inequality in early and mid-reform urban China

Zax, Jeffrey S. - 2012

This paper demonstrates that subsidized housing substantially increased inequality among urban Chinese residents in 1988 and 1995. Regressions for 1995 rental units impute estimated market rents in 1988 and 1995 for all dwelling units. In both years, these imputed values exceeded actual rents by...

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Winner picking in urban revitalization policies : empirical evidence from Berlin

Richter, Felix - 2014

Urban revitalization programs are widespread used but empirically understudied place-based policy instruments which attract increasing attention in recent years. This study adds to the existing literature by evaluating the selection process which led to the designation of a set of five urban...

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How does a change in risk perception affect the housing market? : evidence from an industrial accident in France

Bléhaut, Marianne - 2014 - Preliminary version

In 2001, the AZF plant exploded in Toulouse (France). The accident was unexpected, it strongly damaged local housing and benefited from a wide media coverage. It provides a rare opportunity to analyze the consequences of a shift in risk perception on housing markets and neighborhoods subject to...

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Gentrification and displacement in English cities

Waights, Sevrin - 2014 - Version: January 2014

This paper uses the British Household Panel Survey (1991-2008) and the UK Census (waves 1991, 2001 and 2011) to examine the association between gentrification and displacement in English cities. Gentrification is the phenomena of a large and relatively sudden in-migration of wealthy or middle...

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Location choices of highly educated foreign workers : the importance of urban amenities

Levkovich, Or; Rouwendal, Jan - 2014 - This version: June 29th 2014

Current developed economies' growth becomes increasingly dependent on the performance of innovation and skill-intensive industries. Therefore, the ability of cities to attract skilled or highly-educated individuals becomes more and more important for their growth and economic development. In...

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On the dynamics of segregation

Dahlberg, Matz; Fredriksson, Peter; Jofre-Monseny, Jordi - 2011 - Work in progress.

Card et al (2008a) formalize a model of ethnic residential segregation where an ethnically mixed neighborhood is dynamically stable until its minority share reaches a threshold (the tipping point). Once the neighborhood has surpassed the tipping point, it will experience massive white flight....

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