We study the wage structure during economic transition in the context of Chinese cities and examine the effect of China’s urban housing reforms on the urban wage structure (1988-2005). We find that these reforms, which untied access to housing from state-sector employment, shifted approximately 17% of the labor force from the state sector to the private sector, increasing the private sector lab...

In the United States, empirical information on the sustainability of commercial-scale egg production is lacking. The passage of state regulations specific to hen housing created urgency to better understand the effects of different housing systems on the sustainability of the egg supply, and stimulated the formation of a coalition, the Coalition for a Sustainable Egg Supply (CSES), to conduct r...

In this paper, we analyze the effects of money on the market for durable goods both empirically and theoretically. Using monthly US data on personal expenditures on durable goods and the housing market, we estimate from a VAR the dynamic responses of the price and quantity of durable goods and housing to money supply shocks, assuming only that money is neutral in the long-run. We then estimate ...

Problem, research strategy, and findings Mandatory inclusionary housing, which requires private developers to include a portion of affordable housing units in market-rate developments, has become an internationally popular policy instrument recapture land value create housing. Two common criticisms mandatory are that 1) it produces limited 2) constrains supply pushes up prices. In this study we...

A house is an essential human factor. A housing market is formed by the demand and supply of houses. A global housing market fluctuates by each country's policies and situations. Because of the various social, cultural and economic aspects affecting complexity, it is difficult to analyze the factors affecting the housing market. Consequently, in this paper, we analyze several housing market fac...

Housing policies in many countries have become more market orientated as the role of governments has shifted from the direct supply and funding of non-market housing towards the role of a regulator and facilitator. Central to this development is the notion that providers of social housing have to become more competitive. Arguably, these social housing changes have important implications for the...

This study quantitatively evaluated South Korean residents’ housing satisfaction and factors affecting shared made recommendations for policy establishment the supply revitalization of in Korea. Using an online offline survey, analyzed relationship between with housing, intention to reside again recommend others among young people living Seoul. The results showed that characteristics significan...

Fluctuations in housing prices are relevant to wealth accumulation, labor mobility, consumption, macroeconomic volatility, and financial market stability. However, it is ex ante difficult to know when housing price movements are due to fundamentals, such as changes in the user cost of capital, versus irrational exuberance. I propose combining the canonical urban economics Alonso-Muth-Mills mode...

Title of Document: ESSAYS ON FIRM DYNAMICS AND MACROECONOMICS Ryan Allen Decker, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015 Directed By: Professor John C. Haltiwanger Department of Economics I describe two studies in firm dynamics and macroeconomics. Chapter 1 reports on the large decline in entrepreneurial activity that preceded and accompanied the Great Recession and proposes a model relating this decline to...