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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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Living conditions in the rural area are precarious in Romania, our country being at the bottom of the European ranking, and the situation is getting worse as the degree of isolation increases (mainly in the hilly and mountain areas) combined with the precariousness of livelihood resources in...
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According to the possibilities offered by the existing resources, rural development in Romania is still difficult to achieve. The economic-social gaps between the urban and rural areas are among the highest in the EU and relatively at the same amplitude for many years. The recent period, marked...
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This paper provides a model for the well-known empirical phenomenon that houses of different quality experience different price developments. The typical pattern is that luxury houses appreciate more in boom periods and depreciate more during busts. The standard model of housing demand treats...
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We estimate the effect of the UK Stamp Duty Land Tax on household mobility using micro data. The UK (until 2014) provided an ideal setting to explore the impact of housing transfer taxes on mobility decisions. This is partly because the stamp duty liability is quite substantial, at least for...
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Introduction The goal is the analysis of the conflict growing between the interest of the inhabitants and that of the real estate market. With particular reference to Italy, considering the trends of residential urban transformations it is necessary to understand if the welfare of the...
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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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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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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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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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