W09-1: Energy efficiency and environmental sustainability have benefited from increased media attention in recent years. Despite a proven record of improving the energy…
W08-2: Research on the determinants of home improvement activity generally ignores the neighborhood context in which homeowners live. However the condition and trends of…
W07-1: The rapid growth of household wealth in the United States has been accompanied by drastic growing inequality. This paper discusses both wealth and inequality…
Eric Belsky, Zhu Xiao Di, Daniel McCue
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October 1, 2006
W06-5: This paper examines the determinants of the ownership of multiple homes and the influence of multiple-homeownership on the income elasticity of housing demand. It…
W05-8: The rapid rise in home prices in countries around the world has focused new attention on the role that housing and housing wealth plays in enhancing the financial…
W05-6: Homeownership has received great support from policy makers because of its perceived significant financial and social benefits for both individuals and…
Zhu Xiao Di, Ruby Henry, Eric Belsky, George Masnick
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July 1, 2005
W05-5: Minority growth in population and households, both in absolute numbers and relative share, has been one of the nation’s most important demographic changes over…
George Masnick, Zhu Xiao Di, Eric Belsky
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January 1, 2005
W05-1: Several roles that housing plays in the household economics of homeowners have begun to fundamentally change during the past decade. Cohorts approaching…
W04-1: A decade ago, million-dollar houses were uncommon. This is no longer true. Houses worth one million dollars or more are a fast growing segment of housing markets…
W03-8: This paper explores the importance of housing wealth in three ways. First, it looks at housing wealth as a share of household net wealth. Figures from 2001 reveal…
