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Homeownership of immigrants in France: selection effects related to international migration flows

Laurent Gobillon [1], Matthieu Solignac [2], Sun, 12/06/2015

We investigate the difference in homeownership rates between natives and first-generation immigrants in France, and how this difference evolves over the 1975-1999 period, by using a large longitudinal dataset. We find that the homeownership gap is large and has increased. Entries into the territory have a large negative effect on the evolution of homeownership rates for immigrants. Although entrants have on average better education than people staying in the territory for the entire period (i.e. stayers), they are younger and thus at an earlier stage in the wealth accumulation process. They are also located in large cities, where the homeownership rate is lower, and the returns to their characteristics are lower than those for stayers. 

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Topics:  Migration [7]

Tags:  homeownership [8], immigrants [9], longitudinal data [10]


Source URL: https://voxeu.org/epubs/cepr-dps/homeownership-immigrants-france-selection-effects-related-international-migration-flows?qt-quicktabs_cepr_policy_research=0

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