The effect of culture on home-ownership

Marcén, Miriam (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Morales, Marina (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: In this paper, we analyze the role of culture in determining whether, or not, an individual is a homeowner. We use data on first-generation immigrants who arrived in the United States under six years old. Following the epidemiological approach, any dissimilarity in the proportion of homeowners by country of origin may be interpreted as a consequence of cultural differences. Our estimates indicate that there is a positive and statistically significant relationship between the cultural proxy and the immigrants’ choice of home-ownership. Additionally, we present evidence of different mechanisms of transmission of culture, which reinforces our results on the cultural effect.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1111/jors.12433

Año: 2019

Publicado en: JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE 60, 1 (2019), 56-87
ISSN: 0022-4146

Factor impacto JCR: 2.088 (2019)

Categ. JCR: ECONOMICS rank: 105 / 371 = 0.283 (2019) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING rank: 26 / 39 = 0.667 (2019) - Q3 - T3
Categ. JCR: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES rank: 72 / 123 = 0.585 (2019) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.999 - Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Development (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S32-17R

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)