This paper quantitatively accounts for the cyclical dynamics of key macroeconomic housing and mortgage market variables using a tractable, searchtheoretic model of housing with equilibrium mortgage default. To explain these dynamics, the model highlights the importance of liquidity spirals that...

Since globalisation accelerated in the early 1990s, income inequality has increased in most developed countries and in some middle-income countries, including China and India. Also, inequality has declined in most countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and in many Sub-Saharan African and...

The paper provides historical perspectives on spatial economic inequalities in Brazil making use of a database on Brazilian municipalities from 1872 to 2000. A suit of maps and graphs describe the geographic factors shaping the historical development of the Brazilian economy highlighting the...

The cohesiveness of constituent nations in a confederation such as the Eurozone depends on their equally shared experiences. In terms of household incomes, commonality of distribution across those constituent nations with that of the Eurozone as an entity in itself is of the essence. Generally,...

Poor coverage of top incomes in surveys, also referred to as the "missing rich" problem, leads to severe underestimation of income inequality. At the regional level this shortcoming is even more eminent due to small regional sample sizes. Tax records contain more accurate income information at...

Wohnraum wird in weiten Teilen Deutschlands, in erster Linie in Städten und Ballungsräumen, immer teurer. Die günstigen Zinsen lassen den Immobilienerwerb zwar auf den ersten Blick erschwinglich erscheinen. Viele Haushalte mit geringen oder mittleren Einkommen konnten allerdings der...

In diesem Wochenbericht wird die Entwicklung der Wohnkostenbelastung von Haushalten mit einer Referenzperson ab 65 Jahren in Deutschland seit 1996 untersucht. Vor allem Mieterhaushalte sind von der starken Zunahme dieser Kosten betroffen. Im Ergebnis hat sich in dieser Altersgruppe der Anteil...