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RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN HOMEOWNERSHIP and HOUSING WEALTH, 1970–1986
Author(s) -
Long James E.,
Caudill Steven B.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
economic inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1465-7295
pISSN - 0095-2583
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1992.tb01537.x
Subject(s) - economics , value (mathematics) , labour economics , racial differences , white (mutation) , demographic economics , sociology , mathematics , ethnic group , statistics , gene , biochemistry , chemistry , anthropology
Black couples are found to own a disproportionately low share of aggregate housing wealth in the United States because they are less likely than whites to be homeowners and because black‐owned houses have lower market values than white‐owned houses. Probability of ownership and house value equations (corrected for selectivity bias) are estimated with national data for 1970, 1980, and 1986. Trends in racial differences in homeownership and house value are identified and reasons for their existence are investigated.