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Title: Three Essays on Housing Affordability

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: My dissertation examines the issue of housing affordability and its interaction with other economic variables in the context of urban economics. In the first essay, I focus on characterizing the affordability conditions experienced by rental households in the United States by doing a comparative analysis nationally, regionally and at the metropolitan area levels for different income groups over time. In the second essay, I analyze the effect of housing supply regulation on housing affordability over time considering the dynamics in both the housing market and the local labor market. Specifically, I asked whether differences in housing regulation across metropolitan areas cause differences in the impact of employment growth on housing affordability. Finally, in the third essay I examine the effect of housing supply regulation on the responsiveness of metropolitan area labor markets to an exogenous shock to employment.

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Authors: Neogi, Ranjini

Institution: University of Connecticut

Department: Economics

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Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Publisher Location: Storrs-Mansfield, CT

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Housing and Segregation

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