. First, the effect of housing tenure on the unemployed workers' labour mobility is studied using a discrete unemployment … endogeneity of the ownership status and institutional differences across countries. Third, post-unemployment wages are studied. We … do not find any effects of the unemployment spell duration and the geographical mobility on wages after controlling for …

In this paper we investigate Oswald's hypothesis according to which higher homeownership rates increase aggregate … unemployment rates. To this end, we develop a matching model à la Pissarides (2000) in which homeowners are assumed to be less … following an (exogenous) increase in homeownership rates. We show that (1) Oswald's hypothesis does not always hold as it …

% of households being owner-occupiers. Both regional levels of unemployment and homeownership are known to be important … (2001 and 2011) to study the effect of homeownership and regional unemployment levels on both short and long distance … mobility. Our finding suggest that the role, influence and interconnection of unemployment and homeownership in mobility …