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Disentangling the Housing Satisfaction Puzzle: Does Homeownership Really Matter?

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  • Díaz Serrano, Luis
  • Ferrer Carbonell, Ada
  • Hartog, Joop

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There is a general consensus that homeownership has beneficial effects for both individuals and society in many outcomes. However, research regarding the effect of homeownership on individuals' subjective well-being remains inconclusive. In this paper, for the first time, we provide empirical evidence for the link between homeownership and housing satisfaction using panel data. We use the eight waves of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) covering the period 1994-2001. We observe that renters who become homeowners not only experience a significant increase in housing satisfaction, but also after changing their tenure status, they obtain a different utility from the same housing context. This evidence might provide support to the hypothesis that a share of the differences in the perceived utility derived from housing can be attributed to (un)fulfilled expectations or aspirations regarding homeownership. Keywords: Housing satisfaction, subjective well-being, homeownership, fixed-effects, housing aspirations JEL classification: D1, R2.

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Paper provided by Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 2072/42898.

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Date of creation: 2009
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Handle: RePEc:urv:wpaper:2072/42898

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Keywords: Habitatge; Satisfacció; Benestar; Béns immobles; 332 - Economia regional i territorial. Economia del sòl i de la vivenda;

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  1. Jose Gimenez-Nadal & Almudena Sevilla-Sanz, 2011. "The Time-Crunch Paradox," Social Indicators Research, Springer, vol. 102(2), pages 181-196, June.
  2. Díaz Serrano, Lluís & Rodríguez Pose, Andrés, 2011. "Decentralization, happiness and the perception of institutions," Working Papers 2072/151812, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics.
  3. Bloze, Gintautas & Skak, Morten, 2011. "Homeownership and ill-being," Discussion Papers of Business and Economics 5/2011, Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark.

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