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This article examines whether Hispanics achieve spatial equity with Whites through homeownership by comparing the …
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An understanding of the neighborhood effects of homeownership is essential when determining how to best direct … estimates that a 1 percentage point increase in homeownership rates results in a statistically significant decrease in violent …
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Does homeownership result in a greater local political participation in urban neighborhoods? Contemporary urban … theorists argue that homeownership reinforces social and political bonds. Much of this discussion is rooted in the works of Marx … and Engels, suggesting that homeownership leads to conservative political behavior. Work by Gilderbloom and Markham (1995 …
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Homeownership has long been considered the cornerstone of the American dream, and considerable research has pointed to … the social benefits of homeownership for both families and communities. Yet research concerning this link between … homeownership and social participation has recently undergone critique for failing to consider neighborhood context. Do homeowners …
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Economic as well as sociological theory bring some support to the hypothesis that personal home ownership per se makes individuals more responsible to society values and hence less inclined to commit offences against property or commit other kinds of crimes. Departing from this hypothesis, the...
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Turnover rates are important as determinants of the level of activity in housing related industries, in effecting housing market adjustments, and in revealing prices in illiquid, highly segmented, informationaly inefficient housing markets. This study examines the relative influence of structure...
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This paper isolates the causal impact of neighborhood environment on credit outcomes of low-income borrowers by analyzing the participants of the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) experiment. MTO was a unique, large-scale experiment that offered families vouchers to move to better neighborhoods via...
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