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The Owner-Premium Adjustment in Housing Imputations

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  • Bettina H. Aten
  • Alan Heston

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This paper describes and alternative to the rental equivalence and the user cost approaches for imputing consumer expenditures on owner-occupied housing services. The alternative uses the estimated value of the dwelling relative to the median value of similar homes as an adjustment to the rental equivalence method.

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  • Bettina H. Aten & Alan Heston, 2020. "The Owner-Premium Adjustment in Housing Imputations," BEA Working Papers 0177, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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    • R31 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Housing Supply and Markets

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