Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership

Amelie Constant (), Rowan Roberts and Klaus F. Zimmermann ()

No 726, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: ethnicity; ethnic identity; immigration; immigrant integration; homeownership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R21 F22 J15 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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Forthcoming in: Urban Studies 46 (2009) 11

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