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Title: Homeownership and portfolio choice over the generations

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2021

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Abstract: Earnings are riskier and more unequal for households born in the 1960s and 1980s than for those born in the 1940s. Despite the improvements in financial conditions, younger generations are less likely to be living in their own homes than older generations at the same age. By using a life-cycle model with housing and portfolio choice that includes flexible earnings risk and aggregate asset price risk, I show that changes in earnings dynamics account for a large part of the reduction in homeownership across generations. Lower-income households find it harder to buy housing, and as a result accumulate less wealth.

Url: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpwps/ecb.wp2522~7ad2cdbbb5.en.pdf

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Authors: Paz-Pardo, Gonzalo

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Publication Number: 2522

Institution: European Central Bank

Pages: 1-85

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Poverty and Welfare

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