Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10620/17178
Longitudinal Study: HILDA
Title: Neighbourhood Diversity and the Appreciation of Native- and Immigrant-Owned Homes
Authors: Cobb-Clark, D 
Sinning, M 
Institution: Centre for Economic Policy Research, the Australian National University
Publication Date: Oct-2009
Pages: 37
Keywords: decomposition analysis
home-ownership
international migration
Abstract: This paper examines the effect of neighborhood diversity on the nativity gap in homevalue appreciation in Australia. Specifically, immigrant homeowners experienced a 41.7 percent increase in median home values between 2001 and 2006, while the median value of housing owned by the native-born increased by 59.4 percent over the same period. We use a semi-parametric decomposition approach to assess the relative importance of the various determinants of home values in producing this gap. We find that the differential returns to housing wealth are not related to changes in the nature of the houses or the neighborhoods in which immigrants and native-born homeowners live. Rather, the gap stems from the fact that over time there were differential changes across groups in the hedonic prices (i.e., returns) associated with the underlying determinants of home values.
URL: https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/4464/neighborhood-diversity-and-the-appreciation-of-native-and-immigrant-owned-homes
ISBN: ISSN: 1442-8636 ISBN: 978 1 921693-05-2
Keywords: Culture; Housing -- Ownership; Culture -- Immigrants; Housing
Research collection: Reports and technical papers
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