Home and Mortgage Ownership of the Dutch Elderly: Explaining Cohort, Time and Age Effects

Anna van der Schors, Rob Alessie and Mauro Mastrogiacomo

Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers from McMaster University

Abstract: The relationship between home ownership of Dutch elderly households and age is strongly negative. Other studies suggest that this age gradient should be attributed to a cohort effect. In this paper we investigate where those cohort effects come from. We also observe that mortgage ownership among elderly home-owners increased considerably during the nineties. Using panel data we estimate models explaining home and mortgage ownership by age, cohort, and time effects, as well as other factors. Cohort and time effects are modelled explicitly using macro economic and housing market related variables. We find that the level of GDP per capita when the household head was young is the main factor explaining generation effects in home ownership among the elderly. After accounting for cohort effects it also appears that home ownership decreases slightly with age. Mortgage ownership among elderly home owners rose considerably during the nineties due to house price increases and due to financial innovation in the mortgage market. Cohort effects are also important. A supplementary analysis suggests that those cohort effects are due to the fact that the accidental bequest motive is becoming less important.

Keywords: home ownership; mortgages; cohort effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 D14 D91 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2007-05
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