Effective Housing Demand in Mumbai (Bombay) Metropolitan Region

Piyush Tiwari, Kirit Parikh and Jyoti Parikh
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Kirit Parikh: Housing and Building Economy Division, BRI, Ministry of Construction, Tsukuba 305, Japan
Jyoti Parikh: Housing and Building Economy Division, BRI, Ministry of Construction, Tsukuba 305, Japan

Urban Studies, 1999, vol. 36, issue 10, 1783-1809

Abstract: Housing policy formulation should be informed by a careful understanding of the behaviour of the urban housing market, as reflected by housing demand behaviour. Such basic information is important, not only for improved project design but also for the development of better sector-wide policies. The overall analysis in this paper stresses the importance of prices and income on the demand for housing in Mumbai metropolitan region. Estimates of housing demand function are given. In our analysis, we account for rent control in Mumbai which distorts rents. The results indicate that housing demand is elastic with respect to income and price. The income and price elasticities are around 1 and — 1 respectively. We also estimate income and price elasticities for different income classes. The paper concludes with policy prescriptions.

Date: 1999
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