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With the ageing of the European population, the housing choices of the elderly will have consequences on the whole … housing market. In this paper we use data from the first two waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe … countries. -- housing ; ageing ; residential mobility ; housing policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008798224
With the ageing of the European population, the housing choices of the elderly will have consequences on the whole … housing market. In this paper we use data from the first two waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316118
With the ageing of the European population, the housing choices of the elderly will have consequences on the whole … housing market. In this paper we use data from the first two waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833901
This paper analyzes the housing markets and housing policies in Hong Kong, China and the People's Republic of China … (PRC). Both markets face housing affordability problems due to limited land supply, for which the solutions vary … been compromised due to local governments' fiscal constraints and growth concerns. The targets and outcomes of housing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453313
We provide an analysis of the housing market and current housing policies in three developed countries: the United … system. The consequences of this setting, which make housing supply extremely unresponsive to changes in house prices, are a … high degree of urban containment, a severe housing affordability crisis, and a housing shortage, particularly for the young …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011470938
This paper evaluates housing policy in the Republic of Korea over the past several decades, describes new challenges … arising from the changing environment, and draws lessons for other countries. The most important goals of the housing policy … have been to alleviate housing shortages and to stabilize housing prices. To achieve these goals, the government has been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011470999
The main objective of this paper is to give an overview of the most commonly used housing policies and to illustrate … their economic impact. To facilitate the analysis, we first introduce a simple two-period housing demand model for owner …-occupied houses and rental houses. We then add a standard stock-flow housing supply model. Using this modelling framework, we explain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519204
The paper analyses the development of the East German housing market after the reunification of the former German … Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990. We analyse the dynamics of the East German housing market within … disequilibrium to a large extend is caused by postunification housing policy and its strong fiscal incentives to invest into the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003928716
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231018
This paper evaluates housing policy in the Republic of Korea over the past several decades, describes new challenges … arising from the changing environment, and draws lessons for other countries. The most important goals of the housing policy … have been to alleviate housing shortages and to stabilize housing prices. To achieve these goals, the government has been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012992360