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Title: Mortgage subsidies, homeownership, and marriage: Effects of the VA loan program

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2021

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ISSN: 0166-0462

DOI: 10.1016/J.REGSCIURBECO.2021.103650

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Abstract: This paper analyzes the effect of mortgage subsidies on homeownership and marriage. The empirical design exploits both access to the Veteran's Administration Loan Guaranty Program and geographic variation in house prices. The results show that veterans living in one standard deviation higher house price areas had 22.7 percent higher homeownership and 8.7 percent higher marriage. These differences cannot be explained by differences in income or educational attainment. The evidence supports that reductions in the down payment constraint mattered more than the relative cost homeownership. This suggests that mortgage subsidies affect housing demand through both the homeownership and household formation channels.

Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166046221000107

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Authors: Ricks, Judith S.

Periodical (Full): Regional Science and Urban Economics

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Volume: 87

Pages: 1-15

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Housing and Segregation

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