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Title: Shifting Demand for Housing by American Renters and the Impact on Household Budgets: 1940-2010
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Publication Year: 2014
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Abstract: From 1940 to 1960 across twenty large U.S. cities, rents fell, renters' incomes rose, rents share in household budgets fell, and, as expected, renters real housing consumption increased. From 1970 to 2010, rents increased, renters incomes decreased, rents budget share rose, but, unexpectedly, renters real housing consumption increased. We find neither demographics nor housing supply factors account for the anomalous post-1970 increase in renters housing consumption. We conclude that after 1970 there was a nationwide increase in renters preferences for housing consumption. With incomes falling, renters increased housing consumption by decreasing consumption of other necessities including food, clothing, and transportation.
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Authors: DiPasquale, Denise; Murray, Michael P
Publisher: Bates College
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Housing and Segregation
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