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AuthorEric, Fesselmeyer
AuthorKien, T. Le
AuthorKiat Ying, Seah
Available date2016-10-12T07:53:54Z
Publication Date2011-06
Publication NameRegional Science and Urban Economics
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.05.002
Citation"A household-level decomposition of the white–black homeownership gap" , 2011 , Eric. Fesselmeyer , Kien. T. Le , Kiat Ying. Seah , Vol. 42 , issue 1-2 , P.p. 52 - 62
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/4875
AbstractThis paper uses a semiparametric homeownership model to estimate and to decompose the household-level white–black homeownership gap into an endowment component and a residual component across the distribution of homeownership rates. We find that the racial gap differs across homeownership rates and that studies that examine the gap only at the mean may be misleading. We also find that although household characteristics explain the homeownership gap for most households, there is a substantial portion of the gap that remains unexplained for households with a very low propensity to own homes. A comparison of the estimates from the semiparametric model and a probit model suggests that the semiparametric approach is able to capture the heterogeneity structure between the ethnic groups, particularly in the tails of the distribution. To illustrate the flexibility of our household-level approach, we decompose the homeownership gap in cities of varying levels of segregation.
Languageen
PublisherElsevier B.V.
SubjectHomeownership
Race
Segregation
TitleA household-level decomposition of the white–black homeownership gap
TypeArticle
Pagination52 - 62
Issue Number1-2
Volume Number42
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