Rent control provides substantial in-kind benefits to tenants of social housing. In the
Netherlands these benefits equal almost 40% of the market rent on average. We show that …

This article shows that living in public housing has no effect on the probability of being
unemployed in France, once we account for the endogeneity of public housing. We estimate …

Is ethnic segregation in Europe driven by native flight or immigrant self-isolation? If the
former, which natives avoid immigrants? Which immigrants? What is the geographic scope …

Using detailed German survey data, we show that home-owners freshly entering
unemployment are less geographically mobile than their renting counterparts. However …

Oswald's thesis posits that homeowners should have longer unemployment spells than
renters due to restricted mobility, but repeatedly the reverse is found. I contribute to solve this …

While many countries have implemented various incentives to promote homeownership, this
paper investigates the literature on the relationship between this residential status and the …

A large number of studies have demonstrated that the proportion of home-owners in a
region tend to be positively associated with the unemployment levels in that region. In this …

The public housing sector provides housing units at below-market rents, potentially allowing
its tenants to save for a downpayment more quickly than they would have otherwise. In this …

This paper explores the social structure of individual autonomy in Europe. Drawing on the
capability approach and human empowerment theory, it investigates how individuals' sense …

De Graaff T. and van Leuvensteijn M. A European cross-country comparison of the impact of
homeownership and transaction costs on job tenure, Regional Studies. This paper looks at …