What Affects Children's Outcomes: House Characteristics or Homeownership?

Steven Bourassa, Donald Haurin and Martin Hoesli

No 15-42, Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper Series from Swiss Finance Institute

Abstract: We study the impact of housing conditions on the educational outcomes of young persons in Switzerland. We focus on children ages 15 to 19, who are potentially enrolled in or graduates of high school or vocational training programs, and young adults ages 20 to 24, who are potentially students in or graduates of university or other tertiary institutions. Housing conditions are characterized in three ways: whether the parents rent or own the dwelling, the type of dwelling (house or apartment), and a measure of crowding (occupants per room). We find that the density of residents in the dwelling is the only influential housing characteristic. Crowding directly affects the outcomes of children ages 15 to 19 and presumably indirectly affects the outcomes of young adults given that admission to university study requires completion of high school. None of the other housing characteristics affects children’s outcomes. In particular, homeownership is not statistically significant in any of our estimations.

Keywords: child outcomes; crowding; homeownership; educational attainment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 I31 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2015-08
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