Saving Up or Settling Down: Home Ownership over the Life Cycle

B-Tier
Journal: Review of Economic Dynamics
Year: 2014
Volume: 17
Issue: 2
Pages: 345-366

Authors (2)

Jonathan Halket (Texas A&M University) Santhanagopalan Vasudev (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

In a Bewley model with endogenous price volatility, home ownership and mobility across locations and jobs, we assess the contribution of financial constraints, housing illiquidities and house price risk to home ownership over the life cycle. The model can explain the rise in home ownership and fall in mobility over the life cycle. While some households rent due to borrowing constraints in the mortgage market, factors that affect propensities to save and move, such as risky house values and transactions costs, are equally important determinants of the ownership rate. (Copyright: Elsevier)

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:red:issued:12-89
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25