Ethnic identity and immigrant homeownership
By: by Amelie Constant, Rowan Roberts, Klaus F. Zimmermann
Contributors: Roberts, Rowan
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 3050; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 3050
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Home ownership; Immigrants
Description: "Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic identity as a potential influence on the homeownership decision, using a two-dimensional model of ethnic identity that incorporates attachments to both origin and host cultures. The evidence suggests that immigrants with a stronger commitment to the host country are more likely to achieve homeownership for a given set of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, regardless of their level of attachment to their home country"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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