Search for dissertations about: "homeownership"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the word homeownership.

  2. 1. Housing policy and family formation

    Author : Cecilia Enström Öst; Thomas Lindh; Henry Ohlsson; Mats Wilhelmsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; housing economics; housing policy; family formation; housing tenure; homeownership; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay 1: This paper addresses the impact on housing consumption of a decrease in housing allowance among single recipient parents living in rental apartments. We take advantage of an imposed limit on the recipients’ dwelling size in the Swedish housing allowance reform in 1996-1997 that can be argued to be close to a natural experiment. READ MORE

  4. 2. Empirical Essays on Housing Allowance, Housing Wealth, and Aggregate Consumption

    Author : Jie Chen; Rune Wigren; Zan Yang; Geoffrey Meen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; housing allowance; housing policy; tenure choice; homeownership; endogeneity; 2SCMLP; welfare trap effect; difference-in-difference; interaction effect; housing wealth; VECM; permanent-transitory; variance decomposition; wealth effect; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of four self-contained essays.Essay I (with Cecilia Enström Öst) investigates whether housing allowance affects recipients’ tenure choice in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 3. On the Move : Essays on the Economic and Political Development of Sweden

    Author : Erik Prawitz; Jakob Svensson; Davide Cantoni; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic development; political economics; migration; innovation; technological development; transport infrastructure; housing economics; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in economics. Their abstracts are presented below:Exit, Voice and Political Change: Evidence from Swedish Mass Migration to the United States. We study the political effects of mass emigration to the United States in the 19th century using data from Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Rental housing markets in Chinese megacities : Heterogeneity, Mobility, and Interconnectivity

    Author : Zisheng Song; Mats Wilhelmsson; Agnieszka Zalejska -Jonsson; Han-Suck Song; Elias Oikarinen; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; rental housing market; megacities; heterogeneity; residential mobility; interconnectivity; China; hyresbostadsmarknad; megastäder; heterogenitet; bostadsmobilitet; interkonnektivitet; Kina; Real Estate and Construction Management; Fastigheter och byggande;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to develop an in-depth understanding of the rental housing market in Chinese megacities. To achieve this purpose, this thesis mainly focuses on three aspects: heterogeneity, mobility, and interconnectivity. READ MORE

  7. 5. Dwelling on Substandard Housing : A multi-site contextualisation of housing deprivation among Romanian Roma

    Author : Dominic Teodorescu; Irene Molina; David Jansson; Michele Lancione; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Roma; Romania; Racialisation; Postsocialism; Housing; Community-led strategies; Geography; Geografi;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the housing situation of Romanian Roma in recent times. Many Romanian Roma are relegated to inadequate living condi�tions, and this thesis seeks to further our knowledge of the spaces this group inhabits. READ MORE