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Homeownership rates, housing policies, and co-residence decisions

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  • Grevenbrock, Nils
  • Ludwig, Alexander
  • Siassi, Nawid
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Homeownership rates differ widely across European countries. We document that part of this variation is driven by differences in the fraction of adults co-residing with their parents. Comparing Germany and Italy, we show that in contrast to homeownership rates per household, homeownership rates per individual are very similar during the first part of the life cycle. To understand these patterns, we build an overlapping-generations model where individuals face uninsurable income risk and make consumption-saving and housing tenure decisions. We embed an explicit intergenerational link between children and parents to capture the three-way trade-off between owning, renting, and co-residing. Calibrating the model to Germany we explore the role of income profiles, housing policies, and the taste for independence and show that a combination of these factors goes a long way in explaining the differential life-cycle patterns of living arrangements between the two countries.

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  • Grevenbrock, Nils & Ludwig, Alexander & Siassi, Nawid, 2023. "Homeownership rates, housing policies, and co-residence decisions," ZEW Discussion Papers 23-034, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:zewdip:23034
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    Keywords

    Homeownership; Co-residence; Overlapping generations;
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    JEL classification:

    • D15 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
    • R21 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand

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