The crowding-out effect of homeownership on fertility

被引：11

作者：

Kuang-Ta Lo

机构：

[1] Department of Public Finance, National Chengchi University, Wenshan, Taipei 11605, No. 64, Sec. 2, Zhi-nan Rd

来源：

Journal of Family and Economic Issues | 2012年 / 33卷 / 1期

关键词：

Fertility; Homeownership; Panel data; Taiwan;

D O I：

10.1007/s10834-011-9256-1

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摘要：

Mulder (Demogr Res 15:401-412, 2006) argues that homeownership has influences on a household's fertility decision; however, literatures have concluded different findings regarding whether homeownership promotes or delays a family's reproduction behavior. In this study, we construct the regional-based panel data comprising 23 counties and cities from 1994 to 2007 in Taiwan to investigate how and to what extent homeownership will affect fertility. Our empirical results show that the private homeownership rate is negatively related to the birthrate in Taiwan. It indicates that, under limited budget resources available in each household, the homeownership and reproduction decisions seem to compete and crowd out each other; however, from the results of the lagged models, the crowding-out effect diminishes as time goes by. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

引用

页码：108 / 117

页数：9

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