Gerardi, Kristopher; Herkenhoff, Kyle F.; Ohanian, Lee E.; … - 2015 - This version: September 21, 2015
Prior research has found that job loss, as proxied for by regional unemployment rates, is a weak predictor of mortgage … important determinants of mortgage default. Households with an unemployed head are approximately three times as likely to … financial shocks are important drivers of mortgage default, our analysis shows that the vast majority of financially distressed …