Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership

Amelie Constant, Rowan Roberts and Klaus Zimmermann ()
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Rowan Roberts: IZA, Bonn, Germany, roberts@iza.org

Urban Studies, 2009, vol. 46, issue 9, 1879-1898

Abstract: Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socioeconomic 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 homeowner-ship decision, using a two-dimensional composite index of ethnic identity that incorporates attachments to both origin and host cultures. In the case of Germany, 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.

Date: 2009
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Working Paper: Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership (2007)
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098009106022

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