This paper develops a dynamic model of neighborhood choice along with a computationally light multi-step estimator. The proposed empirical framework captures observed and unobserved preference heterogeneity across households and locations in a flexible way. The model is estimated using a newly...

Housing transfer taxes are fiscally important in many countries despite evidence of substantial welfare losses found in several quasi-experimental studies. Research designs used in this prior literature are prone to attenuation bias due to spillovers from mobility or trading across control and...

Gentrification has provoked considerable debate and controversy about its effects on neighborhoods and the people residing in them. This paper draws on a unique large-scale consumer credit database to examine the mobility patterns of residents in gentrifying neighborhoods in the city of...

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Content/Sommaire -- Authors -- Les auteurs -- Acknowledgment -- Avertissement -- Preface -- Préface -- 1. Introduction -- Défis de l'urbanisation au Ghana -- Challenges of Urbanization in Ghana -- 2. Urban Families and Residential Mobility in Accra --...

This paper develops a dynamic model of neighborhood choice along with a computationally light multi-step estimator. The proposed empirical framework captures observed and unobserved preference heterogeneity across households and locations in a flexible way. The model is estimated using a newly...

We estimate the effect of the UK Stamp Duty Land Tax on household mobility using micro data. Exploiting a discontinuity in the tax schedule as a quasi-experimental setting, we isolate the impact of the stamp duty from other determinants of mobility. We compare homeowners with self-assessed house...

Since the 1990's the school choice options available to parents have expanded dramatically. As an alternative to their residentially zoned public school, parents in many states can now take advantage of charter schools, magnet schools, inter/intra-district choice plans and vouchers to attend...

Chapter 1 Introduction: Purpose and Organization of This Book -- Part I Housing Markets and the Macro Economy -- Chapter 2 House-Price Dynamics and Effects on the Macro Economy -- Chapter 3 Housing Market Imperfections and Distortions Resulting from Criteria Based on House Floor Space -- Chapter...