Using a Structural‐Form Model to Analyze the Impact of Home Ownership on Unemployment Duration |
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Authors: | Aico Van Vuuren |
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Institution: | School of Business, Economics, and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
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Abstract: | It is often found that the impact of home ownership on the hazard rate for leaving unemployment is positive, indicating that home ownership helps workers to leave unemployment for a paid job. However, little emphasis has been given to how such a relationship can be explained. This paper estimates a structural‐form model that allows for self‐selection into home ownership and the risk of home owners losing their property during a spell of unemployment. We find a substantial amount of self‐selection using indirect inference based on a mixed proportional hazards‐rate model and find virtually no impact of home ownership on individual labor market performance. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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