What are the social benefits of homeownership? Experimental evidence for low-income households

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-258

  Engelhardt, Gary V ^a   Eriksen, Michael D ^b   Gale, William G ^c   Mills, Gregory B ^d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeownership; Social benefits

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049084962     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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