American Dream Delayed: Shifting Determinants of Homeownership

Natalia Khorunzhina, Robert A. Miller*

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Abstract

We develop and estimate a dynamic model of female labor supply, fertility and transition from renting to first homeownership with panel data, to investigate declining U.S. homeownership over the past decades. Higher house prices and increased female wage rates (that is the opportunity cost of leisure), cause households to postpone their first-home purchase, because leisure and fertility are complementary to homeownership. Education and female workforce participation are reinforcing factors that raise the value of owning a home. Our estimates show the effects of rising house prices and wage rates more than offset the effects of greater education and workforce participation
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftInternational Economic Review
Vol/bind63
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)3-35
Antal sider33
ISSN0020-6598
DOI
StatusUdgivet - feb. 2022

Bibliografisk note

Published online: 03 December 2021.
Alternative title: 2021 Klein Lecture: American Dream Delayed: Shifting Determinants of Homeownership.

Emneord

  • Housing demand
  • Fertility
  • Labor supply

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