Housing prices rose by 18% in real terms during the 1970s, delivering a $700 billion windfall
to homeowners. Housing prices are projected to decline by as much as 47% during the next …

We examine the effects of public subsidies on the living arrangements of the disabled
elderly who choose among living independently, living in an intergenerational household …

This article uses data from the 1986 Canadian Family Expenditures Survey to estimate a life-
cycle-consistent model of household labor supply and commodity demand that incorporates …

The effectiveness of house price index methods depends on the quality and
appropriateness of the data employed. This article describes and compares the types of data …

Using data from the first five waves of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), we
examine the extent and determinants of residential mobility for persons aged 55 or older …

There is an extensive literature employing a large number of different data sources focused
on developing appropriate indices for measuring movements in house prices. We evaluate …

This study models demand by owner-occupied housing “stayers.” Most consumers do not
move routinely in response to small changes in income or housing price, so the “own–rent” …

Due to moving and transactions costs, most housing buyers do not routinely move in
response to small changes in income or housing price. In this paper, the “own–rent,”“move …

There exists evidence of a sizable shift of elderly households away from homeownership.
The paper explores two sets of potential determinants of this decision. One set derives from …

The birthrate in the United States has fluctuated sharply in the past century, as shown in
figure 7.1, with “baby booms” in 1900-25 and 1947-62 and “baby busts” in 1930-46 and after …