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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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The Foreclosure-House Price Nexus: Lessons from the 2007-2008 Housing Turmoil [PDF]
Despite housing's importance to the economy and worries about recent financial and economic turmoil traceable to housing market difficulties, little has been written on how distress in the housing market, measured by foreclosures, affects home prices, or
Stanley D. Longhofer +2 more
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Family financial assistance with home ownership has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. However, the role of culture and ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in this practice remains significantly under‐addressed.
Julia Cook
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using biographical methods, the study explores the lives of 34 young people undertaking engineering apprenticeships in Teesside, Northeast England. It examines why working‐class youth in a deindustrialised region might be attracted to engineering, how they might secure apprenticeship, and the invaluable role households play in orchestrating ...
Anoop Nayak, Graham Gaunt
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The Housing Market and the Macroeconomy: Evidence From Ireland [PDF]
This paper provides an empirical assessment of the important linkages which may exist between the housing sector and several key macroeconomic variables.
Kenny, Geoff
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Twenty‐First Century Butlers and the New Spirit of Service
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT More than 50 years ago, Lewis Coser argued that the “servant” had become obsolete, claiming that such a “premodern” occupation could not function within modernity without religious legitimations. However, with parts of the contemporary service sector exhibiting the very characteristics that Coser viewed as “premodern”—especially within ...
Bryan Boyle
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Dutch dilemma: Housing prices and flood risk exposure
Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This article studies the impact of flood risk exposure on housing prices in a major river delta. Analyzing 1.8 million property transactions from 1998 to 2023 in the Netherlands, we find an average price discount of 1.1%. We observe considerable heterogeneity in price effects driven by exposure intensity, institutional settings that vary ...
Piet Eichholtz +2 more
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Comparing patterns of default among prime and subprime mortgages [PDF]
This article compares default patterns among prime and subprime mortgages, analyzes the factors correlated with default, and examines how forecasts of defaults are affected by alternative assumptions about trends in home prices.
Anna L. Paulson, Gene Amromin
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Housing and the monetary transmission mechanism [PDF]
Housing ; Monetary policy ; Housing ...
Frederic S. Mishkin
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Rent control, rent overcharge, and racial disparity
Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Rent control policies have gained renewed legislative momentum in the United States, but are rent‐regulated landlords adhering to these policies? Answering this question is critical to understanding the policy's impact. Using a unique panel data set from the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS), we investigate noncompliance with ...
Brent W. Ambrose +3 more
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