The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 72 No. 3 1990
Current Wealth Constraints on the Housing Demand of Young Owners
Abstract
In addition to generating housing services, owner-occupied housing units constitute a lumpy, risky asset in household portfolios. Analysis of these dual consumption/investment roles suggests the permanent wealth budget constraint in housing demand models should be decomposed into permanent returns from human capital and current net worth. For young owners, current net worth is hypothesized to be the dominant wealth component determining the quantity of housing demanded. Using a Canadian microdata base, evidence is found that net worth does provide both greater explanatory power and higher elasticities than labor earnings.
- DOI
- 10.2307/2109350
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 424
- Sources
- crossref openalex