RR07-2: Where the poor live and why has an enormous impact on access to jobs, decent quality schools, and other local attributes that affect a family’s ability to rise…
Alexander von Hoffman, Eric Belsky, Kwan Lee
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March 1, 2006
W06-1: This paper reviews the ways in which housing markets shape initial neighborhood conditions and drive changes in these conditions over time. In addition, it…
Michael Sherraden, Michael Barr
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February 15, 2004
BABC 04-15: Low- and moderate-income households save for routine payments, such as rent, as well as for major purchases, such as a washing machine or a car. Saving also…
Using data from the 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), this paper estimates homeownership rates that would prevail in the United States if borrowing constraints were…