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Owner-occupied housing as a hedge against rent risk [PDF]

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The conventional wisdom that homeownership is very risky ignores the fact that the alternative, renting, is also risky. Owning a house provides a hedge against fluctuations in housing costs, but in turn introduces asset price risk.
Todd Sinai, Nicholas S. Souleles
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Wealth: A Family Matter

open access: yesEnfances, Familles, Générations
Research framework: Over the past decade, social science research has been profoundly renewed by the measurement of socioeconomic inequalities, which no longer takes into account only socio-professional status, labor income, or qualifications, but also ...
Céline Bessière, Maude Pugliese
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Recent trends in homeownership [PDF]

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The homeownership rate began to trend upward in 1995 after years of being relatively constant, near 64 percent. This article describes recent changes in the share of U.S.
Don Schlagenhauf   +2 more
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Are restoration benefits equitably distributed across the United States?

open access: yesRestoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Global restoration initiatives call for the consideration of marginalized communities in restoration decisions and goals. However, the extent to which marginalized communities benefit from restoration has not been studied at scale.
Regina Mae Francia   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Influencing Tenure Choice in European Countries [PDF]

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Homeownership rates are very different across European countries. They range from below 50% in Germany to over 80% in Greece, Spain or Ireland. However the differences lie not only in the overall homeownership rates but also in its structure, and this is
Monika Bazyl
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Decentralization, Europeanization, State Restructuring, and the Politics of Instruments Accumulation: The Case of the French Housing Sector

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper advances research on policy accumulation by analyzing its political consequences in the French housing sector. It argues that, in the context of decentralization reforms, the accumulation of policy instruments has undermined national steering capacities and intensified territorial inequalities.
Francesco Findeisen, Patrick Le Galès
wiley   +1 more source

Education and Social Attitudes Toward Internal Migrants: Causal Evidence From China

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the causal impact of educational attainment on natives' attitudes toward internal migrants in China, a question central to understanding the social foundations of integration in rapidly urbanizing societies. Using nationally representative data from the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS), we find that higher education ...
Wei Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Owning‐Renting Dichotomy: Owner‐Renting in Urban China

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines owner‐renters, households that rent their current residence while owning property elsewhere, using data from the 2013 and 2019 China Household Finance Survey. It explores how household characteristics influence owner‐renting and the drivers of this phenomenon.
Jinqiao Long   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Homeownership, Shareownership And Coalition Policy

open access: yes, 2003
The rise in private shareownership has been a striking feature of Australia's political economy over the last decade. This paper compares its implications with those arising from the widespread homeownership, that occurred from the Menzies years ...
White, Robert   +2 more
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