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2. The role of housing price mediation in transferring the effect of heterogeneous behavior of investors in the housing sector on Iran's economic growth
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Aliakbar Gholizadeh and Shahla Samadipour
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herding behavior ,housing prices ,housing economics ,economic growth ,Economics as a science ,HB71-74 ,Business ,HF5001-6182 - Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of the heterogeneous behavior of investors in the housing sector on housing prices and subsequently on Iran's economic growth during the period 2001:3 to 2020:3. For this purpose, first, the effect of herding behavior and overconfidence of investors on housing prices and then the effect of housing prices on economic growth was estimated by smooth transition regression (STR) method. Then, by calculating the Sobel statistic, the mediating role of the housing price in the transmission of the behavior of investors in the housing sector on economic growth was tested. The results showed that the housing price and economic growth functions have a threshold and two regimes. The imitative behavior of a previous period is the transition variable of the housing price function with a threshold equal to 0.0051 percent. The housing price is also a variable of economic growth function transfer with a threshold equal to 0.0266 percent The estimated coefficients of the first and second regimes indicate the asymmetric behavior of investors on housing prices. The estimation of the economic growth function showed that housing prices had a negative effect on economic growth in the first and second regimes, but this effect was strengthened in the second regime. The calculation of Sobel's statistic also showed that the housing price had a mediating role in transferring the effect of herding behavior on economic growth, but it did not act as a mediator in transferring the effect of overconfidence on economic growth.
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- 2024
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3. Australian housing markets, the COVID-19 pandemic and black swan events
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Wong, Woon Weng, Mintah, Kwabena, Wong, Peng Yew, and Baako, Kingsley
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- 2024
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4. International retiree migration and housing markets. Evidence from Spain
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Taltavull de La Paz, Paloma and Gibler, Karen Martin
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- 2023
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5. The Effect of Heterogeneous Behavior of Investors of Housing Sector on Inflation from the Housing Price Channel
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Ali Akbar Gholizadeh and Shahla Samadipour
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herding behavior ,overconfidence ,housing prices ,inflation ,housing economics ,Economic growth, development, planning ,HD72-88 - Abstract
The purpose of this article is to analyze the effect of the heterogeneous behavior of investors in the housing sector on housing prices and inflation in Iran during the period 2001:3 - 2020:3. The threshold effects of behavioral variables on housing prices and the effect of housing prices on inflation using smooth transition regression method (STR) is estimated. Then, using Sobel's statistic. The results of the estimation of house prices show that Herding behavior has a positive effect on housing prices in the first regime and the second regime. Overconfidence in the first regime was ineffective on housing prices, but in the second regime, it had a positive and significant effect. The results of estimating the inflation model also indicated that there are two limit regimes for the inflation function. Housing prices had a positive effect on the inflation rate in the first and second regimes. The calculation of the Sobel statistic also indicates the confirmation of the transmission of the effect of herding behavior on inflation from the housing price channel, while the Sobel test did not confirm the transmission of the effect of overconfidence from the housing price channel on inflation
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- 2023
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6. Essays on International Economics and Housing Economics
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Han, Seungyub
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Economics ,Housing Economics ,International Economics - Abstract
This dissertation consists of three chapters on international economics and housing economics. These chapters explore the intersection between housing economics and international macroeconomics and analyze various economic implications of the housing market. The first chapter studies the housing market's role in international business cycles. The second chapter examines the links between housing purchase and portfolio choices. The third chapter studies the effect of land supply policies on regional economies.In Chapter 1, I analyze the role of housing market in international business cycles. Despite its distinctive features, such as large expenditure shares and inelastic supply, housing service has received scant attention in the international macroeconomics literature. To fill this gap, I examine the role of housing in international business cycles for eurozone countries. I show that housing rents exhibit larger variations than the prices of tradables and other nontradables, both in cross-country and time series. In addition, among all prices, housing rent stands out as the dominant contributor to both the Balassa-Samuelson effect and the negative Backus-Smith correlation. By simulating eurozone economies using a two-country model with a realistically calibrated housing sector, I show that the cross-country distribution of sectoral productivities, inelastic housing supply, and its interaction with the wealth effect via incomplete markets are key to understanding the empirical moments of real exchange rates. Compared with the standard model, the model with the housing sector generates larger variations of the real exchange rate, a stronger Balassa-Samuelson effect, and more realistic Backus-Smith correlations.In Chapter 2, I study the effect of housing on households' portfolio choices. Although numerous studies have examined the crowding-out effect of housing on stock holdings via the house price risk channel and the liquidity constraint channel concurrently, separate influences on the crowding-out effect via the two channels have received less attention. In this paper, by exploiting a unique Korean housing tenure type called jeonse, which affects a household's investment decision only through the liquidity constraint channel, I study both effects separately. A calibrated life-cycle portfolio choice model with endogenous housing tenure choice and stock market participation shows that the liquidity constraint channel only affects young households and households with a low net wealth-to-income ratio and does not affect old or wealthier households. The house price risk channel, on the other hand, affects all types of households, including households with a high wealth-to-income ratio. Regressions using a household level panel survey show that the crowding-out effect of jeonse exists only for households with a low net wealth-to-income ratio and young households, whereas the crowding-out effect of homeownership affects all types of households.In Chapter 3, we explore the effect of two different types of land use policies on regional economies by using regional level data of South Korea. We analyze the effect of conventional land-use restrictions in existing cities as well as the effect of unique land-supply policies, motivated by the South Korean government's 2nd New Town Project which built new cities from the scratch, supplying 666,000 houses near Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA). We estimate the effect of such policies on the aggregate and regional economies, considering both the efficiency gain from the resource reallocation and externalities from regional decline. If the government introduces tighter land-use restrictions in SMA and relaxes land-use restrictions in other regions, regional population will more evenly distribute at the cost of aggregate GDP loss and universal housing price increases. Our back-of-the-envelope calculation indicates that the 2nd New Town Project was cost effective as it permanently increased steady state real aggregate GDP flow by 0.4%, for the one-time cost amounting 4.05% of GDP. It however exacerbated regional decline by decreasing overall rural population share by 4%.
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- 2024
7. Assessing demographic vulnerability and weather impacts on utility disconnections in California.
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Memmott T, Konisky DM, and Carley S
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- Humans, California, Climate Change, Demography, Hispanic or Latino, Housing statistics & numerical data, Housing economics, Income statistics & numerical data, Sociodemographic Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Black or African American, Family Characteristics, Vulnerable Populations, Weather
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When a household is disconnected from their electric utility service the consequences can be severe, including accumulation of debt, the inability to maintain comfortable temperatures, and in the most extreme cases, homelessness or mortality. While the survey-based literature on utility disconnections has yielded important findings about which households are most likely to experience a utility shutoff, only a few existing studies have used data from utility companies themselves. In this analysis, we utilize zip-code level data from four of California's largest utility providers to measure sociodemographic disparities in disconnections, in addition to the impact of adverse weather. We find that zip codes with a higher share of vulnerable households, especially Black and Hispanic households and households with young children, face a higher number and rate of utility disconnections, even after controlling for an extensive set of factors that are commonly thought to explain higher rates of energy insecurity, including income, housing characteristics, and energy costs. Our analysis also suggests that sociodemographic and weather disparities in disconnections differ between utility types. We conclude by discussing the implications of the findings for research and policy, including the impact of regulation, utility provider practices, and more extreme weather driven by climate change., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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8. How working from home reshapes cities.
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Ramani A, Alcedo J, and Bloom N
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- Humans, United States, Housing economics, Teleworking, Urban Population, Transportation, Employment statistics & numerical data, Cities
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In recent decades, economic activity has become increasingly concentrated in major global metropolises. Yet, the rise of working from home threatens this dominance of cities. Using multiple high-frequency datasets on spending, commuting, migration, and housing, we provide global evidence that remote work has dispersed economic activity away from city centers. We label this the "Donut Effect," which is much larger and more persistent in cities with high levels of remote work. Using detailed household microdata from the United States, we show that three-fifths of households that left city centers in big cities moved to the suburbs of the same city. This is likely explained by the rise of hybrid work, in which employees still commute to the office a few days a week. The enduring popularity of hybrid work into 2024 suggests that the Donut Effect will persist while also leaving broader metropolitan areas intact., Competing Interests: Competing interests statement:The authors declare no competing interest.
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- 2024
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9. Cost-Effectiveness of Temporary Financial Assistance for Veterans Experiencing Housing Instability.
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Nelson RE, Chapman A, Byrne T, Chaiyakunapruk N, Suo Y, Effiong A, Pettey W, Gelberg L, Kertesz SG, Tsai J, and Montgomery AE
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- Humans, United States, Male, Female, Housing economics, Markov Chains, Quality-Adjusted Life Years, Middle Aged, Adult, Veterans statistics & numerical data, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Ill-Housed Persons statistics & numerical data, United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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Importance: The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) partners with community organizations (grantees) across the US to provide temporary financial assistance (TFA) to vulnerable veterans through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program. The goal of TFA for housing-related expenses is to prevent homelessness or to quickly house those who have become homeless., Objective: To assess the cost-effectiveness of the SSVF program with TFA vs without TFA as an intervention for veterans who are experiencing housing insecurity., Design, Setting, and Participants: This study used a Markov simulation model to compare cost and housing outcomes in a hypothetical cohort of veterans enrolled in the SSVF program. Enrollees who are homeless receive rapid rehousing services, while those who are at risk of becoming homeless receive homelessness prevention services., Exposure: The SSVF program with TFA for veterans who are experiencing housing insecurity., Main Outcomes and Measures: The effectiveness measure was the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) with quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs). The model was parameterized using a combination of inputs taken from published literature and internal VA data. The model had a 2-year time horizon and a 1-day cycle length. In addition, probabilistic sensitivity analyses were conducted using 10 000 Monte Carlo simulations., Results: The base case analyses found that the SSVF program with TFA was more costly ($35 814 vs $32 562) and yielded more QALYs (1.541 vs 1.398) than the SSVF program without TFA. The resulting ICER was $22 676 per QALY, indicating that TFA is the preferred strategy at a willingness-to-pay threshold of $150 000 per QALY. This ICER was $19 114 per QALY for veterans in the rapid rehousing component of the SSVF program and $29 751 per QALY for those in the homelessness prevention component of the SSVF program. At a willingness-to-pay threshold of $150 000 per QALY, probabilistic sensitivity analyses showed that TFA was cost-effective in 8972 of the 10 000 Monte Carlo simulations (89.7%) for rapid rehousing and in 8796 of the 10 000 Monte Carlo simulations (88.0%) for homelessness prevention only., Conclusions and Relevance: This economic evaluation suggests that TFA is a cost-effective approach (ie, yields improved health benefits at a reasonable cost) for addressing housing insecurity for veterans enrolling in the SSVF program. Future research could examine the cost effectiveness of large, nationwide housing interventions such as this one among subpopulations of veterans such as those with certain comorbidities including severe mental illness or substance use disorders, those with chronic diseases, or those experiencing long-term housing instability vs acute loss of housing.
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- 2024
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10. Housing and supportive services for young mothers experiencing substance use disorder and homelessness: Cost-effectiveness analysis of a randomized trial.
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Yilmazer T, Zhang J, Chavez L, Famelia R, Feng X, Ford J, Kelleher K, and Slesnick N
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- Humans, Female, Adolescent, Young Adult, Depression epidemiology, Depression economics, Depression therapy, Depression psychology, Adult, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Substance-Related Disorders economics, Substance-Related Disorders epidemiology, Substance-Related Disorders therapy, Substance-Related Disorders psychology, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Housing economics, Ill-Housed Persons psychology, Mothers psychology
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Background: Mothers experiencing homelessness and caring for young children struggle with high rates of substance use and mental health problems. A comprehensive supportive housing intervention was implemented to assist young mothers experiencing substance use disorder (SUD) and homelessness. The cost-effectiveness of this intensive intervention could inform future dissemination., Methods: A cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted alongside a randomized controlled trial that lasted from May 2015 to October 2018. Mothers experiencing homelessness between the ages of 18-24 years with a SUD were randomly assigned to housing+support services (HOU + SS) (n = 80), housing-only (HOU) (n = 80), or services as usual SAU (n = 80). Using incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs), the study compared the costs of HOU + SS and HOU to SAU for three outcomes: housing stability (percent days of stable housing), substance use (percent days of substance use), and depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory score). Direct intervention costs of HOU + SS and HOU from both payor and societal perspectives were estimated. Cost data were collected from detailed study financial records. Outcomes were taken from 6-month assessments., Results: The average societal cost of HOU + SS per participant was $5114 [CI 95 %, $4949-5278], while the average societal cost of HOU was $3248 [CI 95 %, $ 3,140-$3341] (2019 U.S. dollars). The calculated ICERs show that HOU was more cost-effective than HOU + SS and SAU for housing outcome. For illicit drug use, HOU + SS was more cost-effective than HOU. Finally, for depressive symptoms, neither HOU + SS or HOU were more cost effective than SAU., Conclusion: While HOU is more cost-effective for increasing housing, HOU + SS is more cost-effective for reducing illicit drug use. However, housing without improvements in substance use may not be sustainable, and supportive services are likely essential for improved well-being overall beyond the housing outcome alone., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no competing interests., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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11. Value and Affordability of Shelter-Based Opioid Treatment Among People Experiencing Homelessness.
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Bounthavong M
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- Humans, Male, Female, Adult, Middle Aged, Analgesics, Opioid therapeutic use, Analgesics, Opioid economics, Housing economics, United States, Ill-Housed Persons statistics & numerical data, Opioid-Related Disorders economics, Opioid-Related Disorders drug therapy
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- 2024
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12. Research on the economic effects of housing support expenditures under the perspective of consumption heterogeneity: Evidence from China.
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Shang L, Tang D, Zhang X, Li C, Pan N, Huang C, and Sun A
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- China, Humans, Financing, Government statistics & numerical data, Urban Population, Housing economics
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What kind of impact does the government's housing support expenditure have on residents' consumption? This is a topic that deserves in-depth study and is of practical significance. This study constructs provincial equilibrium panel data based on China's guaranteed housing construction and financial expenditures on housing support data from 1999-2009 and 2000-2021. It applies the systematic GMM method to estimate the impact of government housing support expenditures on residents' consumption. The study found that whatever form of expenditure on housing support contributed to the total consumption of urban residents, while the impact on the consumption structure had different results. Based on the divisions of consumption structure, the results of the increase in government housing support expenditure on the consumption structure of urban residents are different. An examination of different forms of housing support reveals that the predominantly secure form of housing construction has a positive effect on all consumption structure divisions. Whereas the predominantly monetary subsidy form has a significant positive relationship with housing, necessity, and durability consumption expenditures, it has a weak or even negative relationship with non-housing, non-necessity, and non-durability consumption expenditures. The research in this paper makes up for the lack of current literature examining the economic effects of housing support from the perspective of consumption structure and provides a theoretical basis and policy reference for constructing a multi-level gradient housing support system., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright: © 2024 Shang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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- 2024
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13. Housing wealth, fertility and children's health in China: A regression discontinuity design.
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Ang G, Tan Y, Zhai Y, Zhang F, and Zhang Q
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- Humans, China, Female, Child, Regression Analysis, Male, Fertility, Adult, Child Health, Housing economics, Birth Rate trends
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This paper examines the influence of housing wealth on fertility outcomes through a regression discontinuity design based on a 2006 Chinese housing-market policy. Our analysis reveals that the positive impact of this policy on housing wealth significantly enhances the likelihood of fertility by 7.3 %. Our result implies that a 1 % increase in housing wealth can raise the fertility rate by 0.18 %. Furthermore, we observe that children born subsequent to the positive housing wealth shock exhibit improved health, not only at birth but also over the long term. Lastly, we present suggestive evidence suggesting that both parental pre-birth time allocation and parental health may help explain the documented positive effects of housing wealth on fertility rates., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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14. Las Cruces housing price fluctuations
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Fullerton, Steven L., Holcomb, James H., and Fullerton Jr, Thomas M.
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- 2021
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15. Housing, Inequality and Sociology: A Comment on Pragmatic Socioeconomics.
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Atkinson, Rowland and Jacobs, Keith
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SOCIOECONOMICS , *HOUSING , *EQUALITY , *SOCIOLOGY , *SOCIAL classes , *HOUSING policy - Abstract
In this brief article, we reflect on the contribution of Martin Lux and Petr Sunega to the role of sociology in the domain of housing economics. Applauding the attempt at injecting a more sociologically informed housing economics, we draw attention to the continuous need to guard against over-abstraction and to ensure that housing's role as a major source of material inequality in many societies must be fully recognized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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16. Pragmatic Socio-economics: A Way Forward?
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Clapham, David
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SOCIOECONOMICS , *NEOCLASSICAL school of economics , *SOCIAL norms , *SOCIAL theory - Abstract
This commentary examines the concept of "pragmatic socio-economics" and argues that it is unlikely to offer a major breakthrough in the search for a holistic approach to the study of housing. Although the authors outline the serious barriers to the integration of sociological insights into neo-classical economics, they seek to avoid these through the adoption of concepts, such as that of social norms, that could be acceptable to economists. The result does not challenge some of the fundamental assumptions of neo-classical economics that need to be amended if meaningful integration with sociology is to be achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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17. Spatial Analysis of the Proximity Effects of Land Use Planning on Housing Prices (Case Study: Tehran, Iran)
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Safdari Molan, Amin, Farhadi, Ebrahim, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Misra, Sanjay, editor, Gervasi, Osvaldo, editor, Murgante, Beniamino, editor, Stankova, Elena, editor, Korkhov, Vladimir, editor, Torre, Carmelo, editor, Rocha, Ana Maria A.C., editor, Taniar, David, editor, Apduhan, Bernady O., editor, and Tarantino, Eufemia, editor
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- 2019
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18. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Policies and Interventions that Improve Health, Psychosocial, and Economic Outcomes for Young People Leaving the Out-of-Home Care System.
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Taylor D, Albers B, Mann G, Lewis J, Taylor R, Mendes P, Macdonald G, and Shlonsky A
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- Humans, Adolescent, Young Adult, Female, Ill-Housed Persons psychology, Male, Housing economics, Foster Home Care psychology
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Young people who transition to adulthood from out-of-home care (OOHC) are more likely to experience a range of poorer outcomes relative to their same-age peers in the community. This systematic review assessed the effectiveness of policies or interventions (hereafter "interventions") aimed at improving housing, health, education, economic, and psychosocial outcomes for youth leaving OOHC (hereafter "care leavers"). Eleven databases of published literature were reviewed along with gray literature. Eligible studies used randomized or quasi-experimental designs and assessed interventions that provided support to care leavers prior to, during, or after they left OOHC. Primary outcomes were housing and homelessness, health and well-being, education, economic and employment, criminal and delinquent behavior, and risky behavior, while secondary outcomes were supportive relationships and life skills. Where possible, results were pooled in a meta-analysis. Certainty of evidence was assessed using Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation. Fourteen studies published in 27 reports were identified that examined independent living programs (ILPs) ( n = 5), intensive support services ( n = 2), coaching and peer support (C&PSP) ( n = 2), transitional housing ( n = 1), health information or coaching ( n = 2), and extended care ( n = 2). All but one study was conducted in the United States. Twenty small meta-analyses were undertaken encompassing ILPs and C&PSP, with two showing results that favored the intervention with certainty. The level of confidence in each meta-analysis was considered very low. A significant risk of bias was identified in each of the included studies. While some interventions showed promise, particularly extended care, the scope and strength of included evidence is insufficient to recommend any included approach., Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: In their capacity as funders What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC) reviewed and provided comment on a draft protocol and version of the review published as a technical report, for which they also facilitated an independent peer review process with anonymous reviewers. The views expressed in this report are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of WWCSC.David Taylor and Aron Shlonsky were authors of a study that was included in this review. Their conflict of interest was minimized by (a) ensuring that they were not part of decisions to include the study in the review, (b) they did not extract data for this study, and c) other team members undertook a ROB assessment. All other authors—Bianca Albers, Georgina Mann, Jane Lewis, Russell Taylor, Philip Mendes, and Geraldine Macdonald—declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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- 2024
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19. Independent Supported Housing vs institutional housing rehabilitation settings for non-homeless individuals with severe mental illness - longitudinal results from an observational study.
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Adamus C, Mötteli S, Jäger M, and Richter D
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- Humans, Male, Female, Longitudinal Studies, Adult, Independent Living, Middle Aged, Housing economics, Social Support, Schizophrenia rehabilitation, Quality of Life psychology, Mental Disorders rehabilitation
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Background: Most individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) strongly prefer independent living over living in an institution. Independent Supported Housing (ISH) provides housing rehabilitation for persons with SMI in their accommodations. However, most individuals who need housing rehabilitation live in institutional housing settings (housing rehabilitation as usual: HAU). We investigated which housing rehabilitation setting is effective on which variable in the long term to support service users to form an informed preference for either housing rehabilitation setting., Methods: We conducted a two-year longitudinal observational non-inferiority study to test the effectiveness of ISH in improving participants' social inclusion, quality of life, emotional social support, capabilities, symptom severity, functioning, service utilisation and costs. Participants were assessed at baseline and after six, twelve, and 24 months. Mixed effects models were computed to test between-group and within-group effects., Results: The study included 83 participants in ISH (n = 31) and HAU (n = 52) housing rehabilitation settings with a mean age of 36.2 years. Most participants were male (64%) and had a primary psychotic or schizophrenic (35%) or an affective diagnosis (24%). During the study, ISH participants significantly improved their quality of life (β = 0.54; 95% CI: 0.26 to 0.82), symptoms (β = -0.32; 95% CI: -0.60 to -0.03), and capabilities (β = 4.46; 95% CI: 0.14 to 8.77) and decreased psychiatric hospitalisations (p = 0.04). HAU participants improved their quality of life (β = 0.40; 95% CI: 0.12 to 0.69). Housing and rehabilitation support costs were almost half with ISH than with HAU., Conclusion: ISH has been shown to be much less expensive than HAU and was associated with several improvements like reduced psychiatric hospitalisations and improved quality of life. Therefore, our findings strongly argue for a preference-driven provision of housing rehabilitation services and to end the institutionalisation of persons with SMI., Trial Registration: The study was registered on December 04, 2018, at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03815604)., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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20. Evaluating the association between receipt of a winter fuel cash transfer and older people's care needs, quality of life, and housing quality: Evidence from England.
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Cartagena-Farias J, Brimblecombe N, and Knapp M
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- Humans, England, Aged, Male, Female, Cold Temperature, Longitudinal Studies, Aged, 80 and over, Heating economics, Heating statistics & numerical data, Quality of Life psychology, Housing economics, Housing statistics & numerical data, Housing standards, Seasons
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Background: Exposure to cold temperatures is known to be associated with deterioration of physical and mental health as well as poorer well-being in many countries. The Winter Fuel Payment, an unconditional direct cash transfer of value between £250-£300, was designed to help older people in England cover heating costs during the winter months, to counteract the particular vulnerability of older people to the effects of cold weather., Aims: We evaluated the impact of the Winter Fuel Payment scheme on subsequent prevalence of care needs such as being unable to eat or shower independently, quality of life and the likelihood of having cold-related housing conditions. We also explored the potential effects of the Winter Fuel Payment across different sub-samples (poorer/richer individuals, those living in newer/older properties, and in the North/South of England) to explore whether its benefits (if any) are spread equally across the eligible population., Data and Methods: We used a regression discontinuity design approach with age as running variable to analyse seven waves of a nationally representative sample, the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, covering the period 2002/2003 to 2016/2017, and consisting of 24,651 observations., Results: The Winter Fuel Payment had no overall effect on the outcomes of interest (care needs, quality of life, and cold-related housing problems). However, the Payment increased quality of life for poorer individuals, for those living in Northern regions of England, and for those living in newer dwellings. The likelihood of living in a property with at least one cold-related housing problem also decreased for those living in newer properties., Conclusions: Findings from this research provide important insights into the effectiveness of a winter cash transfer among the older population in England, and they are potentially relevant for other nations looking for strategies to deal with cold seasons and poorly insulated homes. In particular, this evaluation contributes to the 'universality versus targeting' policy debate and has implications for the development of energy-efficient policies., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest We have no conflicts of interest to disclose., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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21. The Effects of the 2021 Child Tax Credit on Housing Affordability and the Living Arrangements of Families With Low Incomes.
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Pilkauskas NV, Michelmore K, and Kovski N
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- Humans, Female, Male, Child, Adult, Family Characteristics, United States, Taxes statistics & numerical data, Food Assistance statistics & numerical data, Socioeconomic Factors, Child, Preschool, Adolescent, Housing statistics & numerical data, Housing economics, Poverty statistics & numerical data, Residence Characteristics statistics & numerical data
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Access to safe and stable housing is important for child and adult well-being. Yet many low-income households face severe challenges in maintaining stable housing. In this article, we examine the impact of the 2021 temporary expansion to the Child Tax Credit (CTC) on housing affordability and the living arrangements of families with low incomes. We employ a parameterized difference-in-differences method and leverage national data from a sample of parents who are receiving or recently received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (N = ∼20,500), many of whom became newly eligible for the CTC. We find that the monthly CTC reduced parents' past-due rent/mortgages (both amounts and incidence) and their reports of potential moves due to difficulties affording rent/mortgages. The CTC increased the likelihood that parents reported a change in their living arrangements and reduced their household size, both effects driven by fewer mothers living with a partner (and not a reduction in doubling up). We find some differences in effects by race and ethnicity and earnings. Our findings illustrate that the monthly credit improved low-income parents' ability to afford housing, gain residential independence from partners, and reduce the number of people residing in their household., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors.)
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- 2024
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22. Cooperative housing under a grant-of-use in Catalonia and health: pre-post analysis.
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Reyes A, Macaya Munell I, Borrell C, Carmezim Correia JP, Fernández A, Vásquez-Vera C, Pérez K, Carrere J, Daví L, and Novoa AM
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- Humans, Spain, Female, Male, Longitudinal Studies, Adult, Middle Aged, Health Status, Social Support, Mental Health, Housing statistics & numerical data, Housing economics
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Background: Housing is considered a social determinant of health. In Catalonia and Spain, ensuring affordable housing is challenging and cooperative housing under a grant-of-use emerges as an alternative, challenging traditional housing models. This study aims to quantify its impact on health before and after moving to the cooperative house., Methods: A longitudinal study of individuals in cooperative housing projects in Catalonia (July 2018-April 2023) was conducted. Data, including sociodemographic, housing information, and health-related details, were collected through baseline and follow-up surveys., Results: Seventy participants (42 women, 28 men) showed positive changes in housing conditions during follow-up. Improved perceptions of health, mental health, and social support were observed. Despite limitations in sample size and short follow-up, initial findings suggest improvements in health., Conclusions: Cooperative housing under a grant-of-use in Catalonia appears promising for improving health and living conditions. Further research is warranted to explore its full potential as an alternative amid housing challenges in the region., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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23. Predicting homelessness: Housing risk insights from latent class analysis.
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Marçal KE and Barr N
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- Humans, Female, Adult, United States, Risk Factors, Ill-Housed Persons statistics & numerical data, Housing economics, Housing statistics & numerical data, Mothers, Latent Class Analysis
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Millions of families with children in the U.S. struggle to afford adequate housing. Housing cost burden places families at risk for homelessness, and prevention efforts are hindered by limited understanding of insecure housing experiences at the margins. The present study investigated variation in housing insecurity experiences in a sample of mothers, as well as which risk profiles were most strongly associated with subsequent homelessness. Latent class analysis identified four distinct subgroups of housing insecurity: "Stable," "Unstable," "Rent-Focused," and "Strategic Bill-Paying." Classes differed on whether they made rent or utility payments on time, experienced utility shutoffs, or were evicted. Mothers who missed rent payments were significantly more likely to experience subsequent homelessness, whereas those who prioritized rent were more likely to have their utilities shut off but remain housed. Policy efforts should emphasize increased wages, rent control, changes to zoning laws and tax codes to prioritize affordable housing, and benefits that help mothers maintain their incomes such as comprehensive healthcare, paid maternity leave, and subsidized childcare., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright: © 2024 Marçal, Barr. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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24. Can low-carbon cities increase urban housing prices? Evidence from China's low-carbon city pilot.
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Li L, Wang H, Guo C, and Ning J
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- China, Air Pollution, Pilot Projects, Cities, Housing economics, Carbon
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The low-carbon transformation is a broad and profound systemic change that will inevitably impact many areas of the urban environment, economy, and social system. We evaluated the impact of China's ongoing "low-carbon pilot policy" on urban housing prices as a "quasi-natural experiment." Existing research findings and hedonic theory predictions suggest that the low-carbon city pilot (LCCP) policy is increasing urban housing prices through air quality improvements. However, this study contradicts these speculations based on the situation in China. This study employed the analytical framework of staggered difference-in-differences (DID), which revealed that the LCCP policy had generally reduced housing prices; the implementation of the policy had led to an average decrease of 6.2% in housing prices in pilot cities, compared to non-pilot cities. The LCCP policy affected housing prices by influencing both the "demand side" and "supply side" of housing. In terms of the demand side, the policy significantly reduced the level of urban air pollution but did not impact housing prices. Instead, it negatively affected housing prices by lowering labor wages. In terms of the supply side, housing prices were negatively affected, mainly by increasing the cost of emission reduction of real estate enterprises, which impacted the original longstanding housing production process. Additionally, there were significant differences in the impact of the LCCP policy on housing prices in cities across different geographical locations and different tiers of cities. This study suggests important policy insights for achieving stable market housing prices and promoting high-quality urban development in the process of low-carbon transformation., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
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25. Evolution of Hospitals' Community Benefits: Addressing Social Determinants of Health Through Investments in Housing Security.
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Santos T and Young GJ
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- Humans, United States, Investments, Social Determinants of Health, Housing economics
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Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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- 2024
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26. The impact of housing insecurity on mental health, sleep and hypertension: Analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study and linked data, 2009-2019.
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Mason KE, Alexiou A, Li A, and Taylor-Robinson D
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- Humans, Longitudinal Studies, United Kingdom epidemiology, Male, Female, Middle Aged, Adult, Aged, Mental Disorders epidemiology, Mental Health statistics & numerical data, Adolescent, Hypertension epidemiology, Hypertension psychology, Housing statistics & numerical data, Housing economics, Sleep Wake Disorders epidemiology, Sleep Wake Disorders psychology
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Background: Housing insecurity is an escalating problem in the UK but there is limited evidence about its health impacts. Using nationally representative panel data and causally focussed methods, we examined the effect of insecure housing on mental health, sleep and blood pressure, during a period of government austerity., Methods: We used longitudinal survey data (2009-2019, n = 11,164 individuals with annual data) from the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Outcomes were probable common mental disorder (GHQ-12), sleep disturbance due to worry, and new diagnoses of hypertension. The primary exposure was housing payment problems in the past year. Using doubly robust marginal structural models with inverse probability of treatment weights, we estimated absolute and relative health effects of housing payment problems, and population attributable fractions. In stratified analyses we assessed potentially heterogeneous impacts across the population, and potential modifying effects of government austerity measures. A negative control analysis was conducted to detect bias due to unmeasured confounding., Results: Housing payment problems were associated with a 2.5 percentage point increased risk of experiencing a common mental disorder (95% CI 1.1%, 3.8%) and 2.0% increased risk of sleep disturbance (95% CI 0.7%, 3.3%). Estimates were larger for renters, younger people, less educated, households with children, and people living in areas most affected by austerity-related cuts to housing support services. We did not find consistent evidence for an association with hypertension (risk difference = 0.4%; 95% CI -0.1%, 0.9%). The negative control analysis was not indicative of unmeasured confounding., Conclusions: Housing payment problems were associated with worse mental health and sleep disturbance in a large UK sample. Households at risk of falling into rent or mortgage arrears need more support, especially in areas where housing support services have been diminished. Substantial investment is urgently needed to improve supply of social and affordable housing., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
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27. Housing price variations using spatio-temporal data mining techniques.
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Soltani, Ali, Pettit, Christopher James, Heydari, Mohammad, and Aghaei, Fatemeh
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HOME prices ,DATA mining ,SPATIO-temporal variation ,RESIDENTIAL patterns ,METROPOLITAN areas ,HOUSING policy - Abstract
The issue of property evaluation and appraisal has been of high interest for private and public agents involved in the housing industry for the purposes of trade, insurance and tax. This paper aims to investigate how different factors related to the location of a property affect its price over time. The predictive models applied in this research are driven by real estate transactions data of Tehran Metropolitan Area, captured from open data available to the public. The parameters of the functions that describe the behavior of the housing market are estimated through applying different types of statistical models, including ordinary least squares (OLS), geographically weighted regression (GWR) and geographically and temporally weighted regression (GTWR). This suite of models has been run in order to compare their efficiency and accuracy in predicting the variations in housing price. The GTWR model showed significantly better performance than OLS and GWR models, as the goodness of fit index (adjusted R
2 ) improved by 22 percent. Therefore, spatio-temporal non-stationary modelling is significant in the explanation of the variations in housing value and the GTWR coefficients were found more reliable. Three internal factors (size of building; building age; building quality), and eight external factors (topography; land-use mix; population density; distance to city center; distance to subway station; distance to regional parks; distance to highway; distance to airport) influence the property price, either positively or negatively. Moreover, using significant variables that extracted from regression models, the optimum number of housing value clusters is generated using the spatial 'k'luster analysis by tree edge removal (SKATER) method. Five clusters of housing patterns were recognized. The policy implication of this paper is grouping of Metropolitan Tehran housing value data into five clusters with different characteristics. The varying factors influencing housing value in each cluster are different, making this data analysis technique useful for policy-makers in the housing sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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28. Counting the Costs of Public Housing Estate Redevelopment in Melbourne: A comparison of delivery options.
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Davies, Liam and Engels, Benno
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PLANNED communities , *PUBLIC housing , *COMMUNITY housing , *BARS (Drinking establishments) , *HOUSING policy , *INTEREST rates - Abstract
Since 2001, social housing levels, traditionally a safety net for low-income households, have stagnated in Victoria. To increase social housing levels, the Victorian state government announced a programme to redevelop ageing public housing estates through public–private partnerships. This study compares private sector, community housing sector, and government-led redevelopment models, to determine which provides the best value for money method of redevelopment. Importantly, considering the Victorian government's plans to increase social housing levels post-COVID19, the study found that the government is best placed to deliver social housing, due, in part, to lower borrowing costs and no requirement for making profit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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29. Housing Real Estate Economics and Finance.
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Li, Rita Yi Man
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REAL property ,PLANNED communities ,REAL options (Finance) ,HOME prices ,REAL estate development ,ECONOMIC research ,ORNSTEIN-Uhlenbeck process - Abstract
Housing research is one of the hot topics in many countries. This paper provides a quick review of the housing economics research in the US, Sweden, Latvia, China, Corsica, and Italy published in this special issue. Bao and Shah studied the effects of home-sharing platforms in general and the effects of the US' Airbnb on neighbourhood rent. Wilhelmsson's results showed that interest rates directly affected house prices and indirectly affected bank loans in Sweden. Caudill and Mixon threw light on the relative negotiating power of the buyer and seller as a key element of real estate price models. Čirjevskis presented a real application of "step-by-step" valuation options for real estate development projects as a managerial risk management tool for similar real estate development projects in the EU to make investment decisions during COVID-19 and in the post-COVID-19 era. Pelizza and Schenk-Hoppé used an exponential Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process to model price dynamics provincially and regionally to estimate the liquidation value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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30. How housing burden damages residents' health: evidence from Chinese cities.
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Guo X, Zhong S, Li L, and Luo M
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- Humans, China epidemiology, Female, Male, Adult, Middle Aged, Cities, Health Status, Mental Health statistics & numerical data, Income statistics & numerical data, Aged, Housing statistics & numerical data, Housing economics
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Background: Currently, China is steadily pursuing high-quality development and promoting common prosperity, for which residents' health is a precondition. However, high housing-price-to-income ratios and rent-to-income ratios have already triggered many social problems and have substantially affected people's work and life. It is of practical significance to examine the relationship between housing burden and residents' health., Methods: Combining city-level housing price-to-income ratio data and residents' health data from the China Family Panel Studies, this study employs a binary logit model to investigate the impact and mechanism of housing burden on residents' physical and psychological health., Results: Overall, a 1% increase in the housing-price-to-income ratio leads to a 1.2% decrease in physical health and a 1.9% decrease in psychological health. In terms of different psychological state indicators, a 1% increase in the housing price-to-income ratio leads to a 1.1% increase in depression, 1.1% increase in nervousness, 1.4% increase in relentlessness, 1.4% increase in hopelessness, 1.0% increase in a sense of incapability, and 1.4% increase in meaninglessness. According to mechanistic analyses, a 1% increase in the housing-price-to-income ratio leads to increases of 0.6 and 0.7% in the smoking rate and late sleep rate, respectively, while it leads to a 0.9% decrease in the noon nap rate., Conclusion: A growing housing burden significantly negatively impacts both the physical and psychological health of residents and increases the possibility of negative emotions. Further investigation revealed that the housing burden damages residents' health by increasing their likelihood of smoking and sleeping late and decreasing their likelihood of taking a nap at noon, while exercise alleviates the negative impacts of the housing burden on residents' physical and psychological health. Finally, we also find that housing burdens' impacts on physical and psychological health differ significantly in terms of gender, age, and educational attainment. From the perspective of improving livelihoods, governments should consider the relationship between housing burdens and residents' health when formulating livelihood policies. Location-specific and targeted policies should be followed. Additionally, efforts should be made to promote exercise among citizens., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Guo, Zhong, Li and Luo.)
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31. Housing conditions in European one-person households.
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Piekut M
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- Europe, Humans, Personal Satisfaction, Housing economics, Family Characteristics
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This study addresses the satisfaction of housing-related needs in single-person households across European countries. The primary objective is to assess the housing satisfaction of single-person households in European countries, specifically within the Visegrad Group. The study seeks to identify trends in housing conditions, create a ranking of countries based on these conditions, and categorize countries with similar levels of unmet housing needs. The study employs statistical measures and methods to achieve its objectives. Time series are constructed for European countries, and linear trends are analyzed to identify statistically significant changes in selected housing aspects from 2005 to 2022. Various research tasks, including ranking countries and grouping them based on housing conditions, are accomplished using established methods like linear ranking and Ward's cluster analysis. Key findings include significant variations in financial burdens related to housing costs, thermal comfort, environmental pollution, and safety issues across European countries. The study reveals both improvements and challenges in housing conditions from 2005 to 2022 in one-person households. For instance, financial stress due to housing costs decreased in some countries, while thermal comfort issues improved in several nations. The results also highlight the heterogeneity within the Visegrad Group. The study concludes that there is a need for targeted actions to address housing-related issues in single-person households. The findings underscore the importance of investments in building energy efficiency, initiatives for affordable housing construction, and environmental policies. The research emphasizes the impact of housing conditions on health, well-being, and overall community life, urging policymakers to consider these factors for holistic improvement in the housing sector., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright: © 2024 Marlena Piekut. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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32. Severe housing cost burden and premature mortality from cancer.
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Lawrence WR, Freedman ND, McGee-Avila JK, Mason L, Chen Y, Ewing AP, and Shiels MS
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- Humans, United States, Middle Aged, Male, Female, Cost of Illness, Income, Adult, Aged, Neoplasms mortality, Neoplasms economics, Housing economics, Medicaid economics, Mortality, Premature
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Unaffordable housing has been associated with poor health. We investigated the relationship between severe housing cost burden and premature cancer mortality (death before 65 years of age) overall and by Medicaid expansion status. County-level severe housing cost burden was measured by the percentage of households that spend 50% or more of their income on housing. States were classified on the basis of Medicaid expansion status (expanded, late-expanded, nonexpanded). Mortality-adjusted rate ratios were estimated by cancer type across severe housing cost burden quintiles. Compared with the lowest quintile of severe housing cost burden, counties in the highest quintile had a 5% greater cancer mortality rate (mortality-adjusted rate ratio = 1.05, 95% confidence interval = 1.01 to 1.08). Within each severe housing cost burden quintile, cancer mortality rates were greater in states that did not expand Medicaid, though this association was significant only in the fourth quintile (mortality-adjusted rate ratio = 1.08, 95% confidence interval = 1.03 to 1.13). Our findings demonstrate that counties with greater severe housing cost burden had higher premature cancer death rates, and rates are potentially greater in non-Medicaid-expanded states than Medicaid-expanded states., (Published by Oxford University Press 2024.)
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33. Unaffordable housing and cancer: novel insights into a complex question.
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Thompson CA, Nianogo RA, and Leonard T
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- Humans, United States epidemiology, Neoplasms, Housing economics
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- 2024
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34. The impact of housing prices and land financing on economic growth: Evidence from Chinese 277 cities at the prefecture level and above.
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Sun Q, Javeed SA, Tang Y, and Feng Y
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- Humans, China, Commerce economics, Urbanization trends, Cities, Economic Development, Housing economics
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With the rapid progress of urbanization in China, the real estate industry, characterized by a long industrial chain, has become a pillar industry for economic development. Therefore, we inspect the nexus between land finance, housing prices, and economic growth. For this purpose, we use the panel data of 277 cities at the prefecture level or above in China from 2011 to 2019, and empirically examine it by using the Panel Vector Auto Regression (PVAR) model. The results show that there is a causal relationship between housing prices and economic growth. Housing prices promote economic growth in the short term and inhibit it in the long term. Both economic growth and housing prices have a significant impact on land finance. The economic growth show a significantly positive impact, while housing prices promote land finance in the short term with a long-term trend from positive to negative. This is the first study that tries to probe the relationship between urban housing prices, land finance, and economic growth by considering 277 prefecture-level and above cities in China. To promote the stable development of the regional economy, local governments need to overcome their dependence on the housing market and land finance and promote the healthy development of the housing market., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright: © 2024 Sun et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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35. The impact of housing prices on residents' health: a systematic review.
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Grewal A, Hepburn KJ, Lear SA, Adshade M, and Card KG
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- Humans, Housing economics
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Background: Rising housing prices are becoming a top public health priority and are an emerging concern for policy makers and community leaders. This report reviews and synthesizes evidence examining the association between changes in housing price and health outcomes., Methods: We conducted a systematic literature review by searching the SCOPUS and PubMed databases for keywords related to housing price and health. Articles were screened by two reviewers for eligibility, which restricted inclusion to original research articles measuring changes in housing prices and health outcomes, published prior to June 31st, 2022., Results: Among 23 eligible studies, we found that changes in housing prices were heterogeneously associated with physical and mental health outcomes, with multiple mechanisms contributing to both positive and negative health outcomes. Income-level and home-ownership status were identified as key moderators, with lower-income individuals and renters experience negative health consequences from rising housing prices. This may have resulted from increased stress and financial strain among these groups. Meanwhile, the economic benefits of rising housing prices were seen to support health for higher-income individuals and homeowners - potentially due to increased wealth or perception of wealth., Conclusions: Based on the associations identified in this review, it appears that potential gains to health associated with rising housing prices are inequitably distributed. Housing policies should consider the health inequities born by renters and low-income individuals. Further research should explore mechanisms and interventions to reduce uneven economic impacts on health., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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36. Estimating the housing capitalization effects of new infrastructure: Should we be using rents instead of prices?
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Melser, Daniel
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HOME prices , *RENT , *HOUSING policy , *TRANSPORT theory - Abstract
A widely used approach to valuing transport infrastructure is to look at its effects on housing prices, in treated vs control regions, before and after it is built. But anticipation effects mean that housing prices may start changing as soon as a project is announced. This creates complications for an analysis of the capitalization effects on prices. A long span of data is potentially required—because the time from a project's announcement to completion may be many years—and the assumption of common price trends between the treated and control regions must be maintained over this time span. An alternative approach is to use rents. This may be advantageous as rents are more directly related to the infrastructure's service-flow. Though account needs to be taken of the fact that those homes which are rented are often not representative of the housing stock as a whole. We investigate these issues for a new train line in Sydney and contrast the results from using both prices and rents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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37. Migration and perceptions of housing availability in Sweden.
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Tyrcha, Adam
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METROPOLITAN areas , *INTERNAL migrants , *SENSORY perception , *RURAL geography - Abstract
This paper investigates the relationship between different forms of migration, perceptions of housing availability and production of new housing stock in Sweden. This is done using survey data on housing availability on the municipal level, dating from 2005 to 2015. Primary findings show that on the national scale, as well as in rural areas and smaller urban areas, internal migrants have stronger impacts on housing availability than foreign‐born migrants. However, when breaking down foreign‐born migrants into smaller groups, it is found that refugees have strong impacts on housing availability, too. Furthermore, evidence of overall and refugee migration having an indirect influence on the production of new housing stock is also found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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38. International retiree migration and housing markets. Evidence from Spain
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Análisis Económico Aplicado, Taltavull de La Paz, Paloma, Gibler, Karen M., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Análisis Económico Aplicado, Taltavull de La Paz, Paloma, and Gibler, Karen M.
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Purpose – Large numbers of Northern European retirees have migrated to Southern European countries. A relevant part of this migration is not driven by work purposes but rather the desire to establish residence in a warmer country. These migrants come from different countries and exhibit diverse socioeconomic characteristics and preferences, including varying income levels, housing tastes and cultural habits, which could potentially influence the housing market in their host countries. This paper aims to examine the permanent impact of retiree migrant flows on house prices in Alicante, Spain, from 1988 to 2019, explicitly considering the impact related to the country of origin. Design/methodology/approach – This paper examines the permanent impact of retiree migrant flows on house prices in Alicante, Spain, from 1988 to 2019, explicitly considering the impact related to the country of origin using panel cointegration – Dynamic Ordinary Least Squared (DOLS) models. Findings – Results indicate that the long-term relationship captures the entire effect on house price change and that prices react immediately to the immigrants' presence with permanent effects. The results also suggest that the strong retiree migration flow created a shock in the housing market with different effects on house prices related to the immigrants' country of origin. The model identifies that when income growth in the origin country is slower than in Spain it has a major impact on house prices. When purchasing capacity is larger in Alicante than in the origin country it exerts a stronger effect on housing prices. Retiree migration flow has permanent effect on housing market prices. Practical implications – Results indicate several ways to act on social and housing policies in specific cities in Alicante province, as well as in the origin countries, to alleviate potential disadvantages faced by expatriate retirees. Originality/value – This paper finds evidence of the specific impact of internatio
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39. How Housing Stress Affect Health Care Costs: A Panel Data Study.
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Liu G, Zhou J, and Wang Y
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- Humans, China, Female, Male, Income statistics & numerical data, Health Status, Middle Aged, Adult, Financial Stress, Socioeconomic Factors, Housing economics, Health Care Costs statistics & numerical data
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As housing prices in China continue to escalate and the limitations of the "personal unlimited liability system" for housing loans become more evident, the financial stress on families has significantly increased. This stress not only impacts the physical and mental health of family members but also results in rising health care costs. This paper presents empirical research examining how housing stress influences changes in household health care costs through a panel data analysis. The study is based on the China Family Panel Study (CFPS) database and employs a panel two-way fixed effect model alongside a mediating effect model to examine the impact of housing stress, family income, and health status on health care costs. The findings reveal a significant positive correlation between housing stress and health care costs; specifically, for every 1% point increase in housing stress, health care costs rise by 0.141. Robustness tests and propensity score matching (PSM) further validate these findings, even after addressing endogeneity issues. Mediation effect analysis indicates that for every 1% point increase in housing stress, household disposable income decreases by 1.749, and health status declines by 0.468, thereby increasing household health care costs. Heterogeneity analysis demonstrates that housing stress has a more pronounced impact on health care costs among western, eastern, urban, and rental households. The government should implement various measures, such as promoting a "personal limited liability system" mortgage policy, reducing housing prices, and ensuring equal rights to rent and purchase, to alleviate housing stress, enhance family income, and improve residents' health status. These actions would contribute to the promotion of both the housing market and medical care, supporting the sustainable development of the health care sector and ultimately improving long-term social welfare., Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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40. Shallow Subsidies for Veterans Facing Housing Barriers in the VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program.
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Nelson RE, Byrne T, Suo Y, Effiong A, Pettey W, Zickmund S, Galyean P, Kimball E, Gelberg L, Kertesz SG, Tsai J, and Montgomery AE
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- Humans, United States, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Female, Aged, Housing economics, Adult, Socioeconomic Factors, Ill-Housed Persons, Veterans statistics & numerical data, Veterans psychology, United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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The Department of Veterans Affairs provides a shallow subsidy (i.e., subsidizing 50% of an individual's rent for two years) to Veterans experiencing housing instability. We sought to describe the characteristics of Veterans who received these subsidies. Methods. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of Veterans between 10/2019-9/2021. We identified Veteran-level characteristics associated with receiving a shallow subsidy using a multivariable two-part regression model. We also conducted qualitative interviews to identify how shallow subsidies are allocated. Results Black race, higher income, more education, and older age were positively associated with receiving a shallow subsidy; previous homelessness, prior VA outpatient cost, and participating in permanent supportive housing were negatively associated with receiving a shallow subsidy. Interviews revealed that income was the most influential determinant of whether to give shallow subsidies. Discussion Our mixed methods findings were consistent, indicating that socioeconomic stability is an important driver of shallow subsidy allocation decisions.
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41. Three essays in housing economics
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Hackmann, Angelina, Klarl, Torben, and Cordes, Christian
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ddc:330 ,regional economics ,housing economics ,330 Economics ,Monetary Policy - Abstract
In light of potential consequences for inequality and housing affordability, this thesis delivers a comprehensive contribution to several fields of studies related to regional housing markets. It comprises three scientific articles, which contribute to understanding the regional heterogeneity in housing markets, its origin as well as its implications. The first article deals with the evolutionary process of city size distributions, in particular the evolution of Zipf's law, and its implications for (sub-)urbanization processes. In he second article, the convergence process of regional housing markets and characteristics of house price convergence clubs are investigated. The third article assesses the role of regional housing markets in the transmission of monetary policy to economic activity and presents implications for regional inequality.
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42. Über die Evaluierung der Mietpreisbremse.
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Thomschke, Lorenz
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Copyright of Zeitschrift für Immobilienökonomie is the property of Springer Nature and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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43. The relationship of single-family detached house prices with neighborhood walkability and disaster risk.
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Kim H, Baba H, Shimizu C, and Hino K
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- Humans, Cities, Residence Characteristics, Social Class, Walking, Disasters, Environment Design, Housing economics, Neighborhood Characteristics statistics & numerical data
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People's preferences regarding their neighborhood environment can vary depending on their socioeconomic status and the cities where they live. This study aims to discern the relationship between neighborhood environment factors and single-family detached house sales by sale price and by central and noncentral cities. We analyzed sale prices in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area from 2015 to 2020. The neighborhood environment was assessed using flood/sediment risk and neighborhood walkability measured by net residential density, intersection density, and facility density (walking opportunity). Flood and sediment risk is a major concern that restricts the available land and is included as a negative aspect of the neighborhood environment, taking the topographic features into consideration. A comparison of the results showed that the preference for neighborhood walkability varies by socioeconomic status as well as by target cities. For most facility types, the number of walking opportunities within walking distance from houses was found to be positively related to the sale price of single-family detached houses in all quantiles. The relationship of house price with population and intersection density was found to vary depending on the price level, with a negative relationship with the sale price of relatively more expensive houses being exhibited. People who considered buying houses with relatively higher sale prices were found to devalue houses located in flood/sediment-hazardous areas more. However, it was also found that the negative relationship was slightly mitigated in the highest quantile of sale prices for houses in areas with a moderate flood risk (maximum flooding depth: 3-5 m). Plains near rivers with amenities offer high walkability but pose a flood risk, resulting in a trade-off between flood risk and neighborhood walkability. The findings suggest the use of indices representing diverse preferences in accordance with the target socioeconomic status when policymakers assess the neighborhood environment., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Copyright: © 2023 Kim et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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44. Major renovations of apartment complexes: Russian people’s projective attitudes and behavior practices
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Ermishina Anna Veniaminovna and Klimenko Lyudmila Vladislavovna
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sociology ,collective action ,05 social sciences ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,0507 social and economic geography ,lcsh:HM401-1281 ,021107 urban & regional planning ,02 engineering and technology ,lcsh:Sociology (General) ,housing economics ,Sociology ,050703 geography ,Humanities ,major renovation ,projective installations housing self-organization - Abstract
This article analyzes the Russian people’s projective attitudes and behavior practices when it comes to participating in the funding and organizing of major renovations of apartment buildings. The empirical base for the study consists of data from sociological surveys conducted by VCIOM (2015-2020), the Institute of Sociology of the RAS (2003-2019), FOM (2015), Levada Center (2019), The European Social Survey (2016, 2018), as well as the authors’ own expert interviews conducted in 2020. The need to ensure the safety of housing, the complexity and high cost of renovations is a reasonable explanation for government interference in this sector. Russia’s housing legislature assigns responsibility for maintaining and renovating common property to apartment owners, while also stipulating a funding procedure for major renovations based on deposits made by property owners. The system currently in place in Russia for funding and organizing major renovations, which implies the existence of both a “common reserve” and “special accounts” for regulated property owner contributions (that resemble a tax), is far from perfect, it being associated with such issues as a lack of funding, low quality of major renovations, susceptibility to corruption, owners having insufficient control when it comes to decision making. While analyzing material from all-Russian and regional empirical studies, the gap becomes evident between projective attitudes and the actual behavior of Russian people in the realm of major renovations. Despite a marked critical attitude when it comes to evaluating utility service quality, not to mention the “common reserve” model (which is a way of pulling together funds for major renovations and keeping them on the regional operator’s account) being regarded as socially unjust, nevertheless property owners demonstrate a low degree of civic self-organization and meager capability when it comes to taking collective action (as in participating in apartment complex meetings to discuss major renovations, creating and transferring money to dedicated accounts, keeping track of the major renovation process etc.). The reasons why property owners are so slow to develop any efficiency largely lie in the specifics of the institutional collective decision-making environment in regards to the funding and execution of local public property renovation, which also includes major renovations of apartment buildings.
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45. What drives the high health care costs of the homeless?
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Zaretzky, Kaylene, Flatau, Paul, Spicer, Bridget, Conroy, Elizabeth, and Burns, Lucy
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MEDICAL care costs , *HOMELESSNESS , *MEDICAL care of homeless people , *INTELLECTUAL disabilities , *SLEEP , *PATIENTS - Abstract
Existing research demonstrates that mean health care costs incurred by those experiencing homelessness are high. However, high mean health care costs mask the fact that a sizeable number of people experiencing homelessness incur low costs and that very high costs are driven by a minority of the homeless population. This paper examines health care costs estimated from two Australian surveys of those experiencing homelessness undertaken by the authors. It demonstrates three important findings. First, higher health care costs are most strongly associated with diagnosed mental health disorders, followed by long-term physical health conditions. Second, having a current drug or alcohol dependency, but no diagnosed mental health disorder or long-term physical health issue, is not associated with higher level health care costs. Finally, higher health care costs are incurred by those with long periods of rough sleeping. The findings of this research provide a significant economic argument for government intervention to break the cycle of homelessness as they reveal significant potential savings to effective interventions for homeless people with diagnosed mental health disorders and longterm rough sleeping. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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46. Saving lives in our homes: Qualitative evaluation of a tenant overdose response program in supportive, single-room occupancy (SRO) housing.
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Olding M, Joshi N, Castellanos S, Valadao E, Hall L, Guzman L, and Knight K
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- Pilot Projects, Naloxone administration & dosage, Naloxone supply & distribution, Naloxone therapeutic use, Group Processes, San Francisco, Health Education, Privacy, Trust, Communication, Aptitude, Violence, Housing classification, Housing economics, Qualitative Research, Drug Overdose therapy, Community Support economics, Community Support methods, Opioid-Related Disorders therapy, Program Evaluation, Drug Users
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Background: People using opioids alone in private settings are at elevated risk of dying in the event of an overdose. In San Francisco, single room occupancy (SRO) tenants are 19 times more likely to die of overdose than non-SRO residents. The "SRO Project" pilot aimed to reduce fatal overdoses in SROs by recruiting and training tenants to distribute naloxone and provide overdose education in their buildings. We explore the implementation and program impacts of the SRO Project pilot in two permanent supportive housing SROs., Methods: We conducted eight months of ethnographic fieldwork (May 2021 - Feb 2022), including 35 days observing SRO Project pilot activities, and semi-structured interviews with 11 housing staff and 8 tenant overdose prevention specialists ('specialists'). Data were analyzed using a grounded theory approach to characterize program impacts, implementation strengths, and implementation challenges from the perspective of specialists and housing staff., Findings: We found that the SRO project increased awareness, access to, and understanding of naloxone; facilitated other mutual-aid practices; supported privacy and autonomy of tenants regarding their drug use; and improved rapport, communication and trust between tenants and housing staff. Strengths of the implementation process included involvement of tenants with diverse social locations and skill sets and, at one site, a team-based approach that fostered program innovation, tenant solidarity and a sense of collective ownership over the project. Program implementation was challenged by frequent turnover and capacity constraints of housing staff, particularly during overnight shifts when overdose risks were greatest. Additional challenges arose due to the psychosocial burden of overdose response work, gendered violence, issues with compensation methods, and scope creep in specialists' roles., Conclusion: This evaluation contributes further evidence regarding the effectiveness of tenant-led naloxone distribution and overdose education in permanent supportive and SRO housing environments. Findings indicate program implementation and sustainability can be improved by expanding tenant specialist training, compensating specialists in cash, and building stronger psychosocial support for tenants responding to overdoses in their homes., Competing Interests: Declarations of Interest Emily Valadoa was the program manager for the SRO Project and is employed by the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Laura Guzman is the interim executive director of the National Harm Reduction Coalition and served as the Senior Director of Capacity Building & Mobilization with the DOPE Project., (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2023
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47. Associations of self-reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with indicators of economic instability and stress - 16 states, 2017.
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Carlson SA, Wheaton AG, Liu Y, Moore LV, Eke PI, Croft JB, Greenlund KJ, and Thomas CW
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- Adult, Humans, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Housing economics, Housing statistics & numerical data, Self Report, United States epidemiology, Food Insecurity economics, Economic Stability, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive economics, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive epidemiology, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive psychology, Stress, Psychological epidemiology, Social Determinants of Health economics, Social Determinants of Health statistics & numerical data
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Objectives: To examine the association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease status and indicators of economic instability and stress to better understand the magnitude of these issues in persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease., Methods: Analyzed 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from 16 states that administered the 'Social Determinants of Health' module, which included economic instability and stress measures ( N = 101,461). Associations between self-reported doctor-diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease status and each measure were examined using multinomial logistic models., Results: Adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were more likely ( p < 0.001) than adults without to report not having enough money at month end (21.0% vs. 7.9%) or just enough money (44.9% vs. 37.2%); being unable to pay mortgage, rent, or utility bills (19.2% vs. 8.8%); and that often or sometimes food did not last or could not afford to eat balanced meals (37.9% vs. 20.6%), as well as stress all or most of the time (27.3% vs. 11.6%). Associations were attenuated although remained significant after adjustments for sociodemographic and health characteristics., Discussion: Financial, housing, and food insecurity and frequent stress were more prevalent in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than without. Findings highlight the importance of including strategies to address challenges related to economic instability and stress in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management programs.
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48. Erratum to: The Effects of Iran’s First Baby Boomers (1976–1986) on the Housing Economy of Iran and the Government Policies to Deal with Its Resulting Issues
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Jamali, Siavash, Dadashzadeh, Manoochehr, Arefian, Fatemeh Farnaz, editor, and Moeini, Seyed Hossein Iradj, editor
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- 2016
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49. Essays on Housing Economics and Family Dynamics
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Ranosova, Tereza
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- Housing Economics, Marriage and Divorce, Monetary Policy, Commuting
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This dissertation focuses on two of the biggest kinds of long-term decisions in one's life, on housing and on marriage. In all three chapters I focus on previously unexplored aggregate implications of simple differences between the incentives faced by different demographic groups. In Chapter I "Commuting and the value of marriage" I combine motivating evidence with a structural model to show that even though long commutes are particularly detrimental to married women's labor market outcomes, in terms of welfare it is singles who lose the most. First, I show that the gender gap in commuting among singles is negligible. Second, men in couples (not women) have much longer commutes than single men, and job access alone cannot explain this difference. This together with other observations suggests that commuting features gains from specialization harnessed within couples, allowing men to take better jobs. I embed this feature in a quantitative spatial model with endogenous marriage and location choices that successfully captures the commuting and location patterns by marital status. In a joint housing and marriage market equilibrium, as metro areas sprawl, commuting increases most for men in couples and employment falls most for women in couples, contributing to gender gaps in both outcomes. However, in terms of welfare singles lose more than couples, increasing the value of marriage. Couples are able to partially evade commuting costs through specialization, lower housing costs and redistributing resources within the household. Chapter II "Did the baby boom cause the US divorce boom?" shows that the two major demographic 'booms' that the United States experienced during the second half of the twentieth century, in births after the second world war and in divorces 25 years later are linked. As the baby-boom generations were entering marriageable age, men in previous cohorts were faced with exceptionally good remarriage prospects motivating them to rematch. First, I show that cohorts who ultimately divorced most were the ones with the biggest increase in remarriage opportunities for men. Second, using cross-state variation in the size of the baby-boom, I show that marriages in the pre-boom generations were more likely to divorce the bigger the relative supply of young women (instrumenting the size of the baby-boom with WWII mobilization rates). Lastly, I construct a simple dynamic marriage market model which can generate a divorce boom caused by a baby-boom and can account for between a seventh and a third of the rise in divorces in the 1970s. In Chapter III "Housing market channel of monetary policy: the role of residents in their 50s" I provide empirical evidence that the effect of monetary policy shocks, identified through high-frequency event studies, on housing prices depends on the age-structure of the economy in a non-trivial way. Both across U.S. metro areas and across states, local housing prices drop more after monetary policy tightens whenever the share of population between 50 and 65 years of age is higher. A stronger investment motive in the demand for housing by this age group is a possible mechanism. This differential reaction of housing prices is already detectable by the quarter of the shock and is followed by a differential response in employment starting about four quarters after the shock.
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50. Housing Reparations as an Avenue to Counter the Impact of Structural Racism on Asthma.
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Thakur N and Martinez A
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- Humans, Racism economics, Racism ethnology, Racism prevention & control, Asthma economics, Asthma epidemiology, Asthma ethnology, Asthma etiology, Housing economics, Systemic Racism economics, Systemic Racism ethnology, Systemic Racism prevention & control, Social Justice economics
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- 2023
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