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dc.titleHousing Markets in Uruguay: Determinants of Housing Demand and Its Interaction with Public Policies
dc.contributor.authorGarabato, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorRamada, Magdalena
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageUruguay
dc.date.available2011-11-23T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2011-10-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes the determinants of housing demand for Uruguay and the extent to which housing policies have an impact on their target population. The paper first analyzes the determinants of housing demand, following an approach based on Rosen's (1974) two-step procedure consisting of fitting a hedonic price regression in 34 different geographical units (or markets) to estimate a housing demand function. The determinants of formality and ownership choices were examined using a multinomial logit framework. Determinants of these choices include both household demographic attributes and access to and use of public housing programs and other social programs. Policy recommendations are offered on the basis of the finding that a price and income-inelastic formal housing market greatly contrasts with a rather price and income-elastic informal housing market.
dc.format.extent70
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011348
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Housing-Markets-in-Uruguay-Determinants-of-Housing-Demand-and-Its-Interaction-with-Public-Policies.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectHousing
dc.subjectPublic Administration
dc.subject.jelcodeG21 - Banks • Depository Institutions • Micro Finance Institutions • Mortgages
dc.subject.jelcodeI38 - Government Policy • Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
dc.subject.jelcodeO54 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.subject.jelcodeR21 - Housing Demand
dc.subject.jelcodeR28 - Government Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeR38 - Government Policy
dc.subject.keywordsIDB-WP-258, Housing demand, Housing policies, Hedonic pricing, housing market, Uruguay
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-K1125
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