International Migration and Regional Housing Markets: Evidence from France

Hippolyte d'Albis, Ekrame Boubtane and Dramane Coulibaly

No 10516, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This article examines the causal relations between non-European immigration and the characteristics of the housing market in host regions. We constructed a unique database from administrative records and used it to assess annual migration flows into France's 22 administrative regions from 1990 to 2013. We then estimated various panel VAR models, taking into account GDP per capita and the unemployment rate as the main regional economic indicators. We find that immigration has no significant effect on property prices, but that higher property prices significantly reduce immigration rates. We also find no significant relationship between immigration and social housing supply.

Keywords: immigration; property prices; social housing; panel VAR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E20 F22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2017-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-mac, nep-mig and nep-ure
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Published - published in: International Regional Science Review, 2019, 42(2), 147-180

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Journal Article: International Migration and Regional Housing Markets: Evidence from France (2019)
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Working Paper: International Migration and Regional Housing Markets: Evidence from France (2019)
Working Paper: International Migration and Regional Housing Markets: Evidence from France (2017)
Working Paper: International Migration and Regional Housing Markets: Evidence from France (2017)
Working Paper: International Migration and Regional Housing Markets: Evidence from France (2017)
Working Paper: International Migration and Regional Housing Markets: Evidence from France (2017)
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