We study the distributional consequences of housing price, bond price and equity price increases for Euro Area households using data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). The capital gains from bond price and equity price increases turn out to be concentrated among relatively few households, while the median household strongly benefits from housing price increases. The capit...

AIM To identify the suitable roofing pattern for dairy cattle in North East Zone of Tamil Nadu, India, based on micro climatic conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS Initially, survey was conducted to identify and categorize the major housing patterns existing in the region for further detailed investigation. In total, 30 farmers/farms consisting of five housing types with six replicates were sele...

workers are called, are all voluntary and committed to give up to two years of their life to this work. They get ?1 a week pocket money, two ounces of tobacco and board and lodging, none too luxurious, for the privilege of joining this 'Mission to the Misfit.' They raise money by running an old clothes stall, beg for food, pick up fruit and vegetables that fall off trucks and trolleys in Covent...

Jeon, Jae Sik Korea introduced an urban containment policy in the early stage of urbanization to control growth of congestion and prevent urban sprawl in the Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA). However, the arbitrary designation a lack of popular support or accurate scrutiny caused an irrational pattern of land use which reinforced concentrations and threatened residential stability in terms of rest...

Harbin possesses the largest housing stocks of Heilongjiang province, which provides accommodation for 3.3 million people, of which public housing is for about 210 thousand people. To meet the growing need for public housing, the government has committed to produce 73,650 public flat units in the next three year as its long-term housing policy. To meet this production target, the government off...

This paper constructs a quantitative lifecycle model with uninsurable labor income and aggregate housing return risk to assess how Korean households make saving and portfolio allocation decisions. The model incorporates the special roles housing plays in the portfolio of households: collateral, a source of service flows, as well as a source of potential capital gains or losses. In the model, a ...

This paper performs an assessment of tourists' perception towards semces associated with lodging (hotel factors), dining (restaurant factors), and transportation (transportation factors). The results of the empirical analysis suggested that these are the underlying dimentions held by the tourists: (1) Hotel factors Staff service quality, room quality, business serVices,. security, value and foo...