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Title: Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership

Author(s): Amelie Constant, Rowan Roberts and Klaus F Zimmermann

Publication Date: September 2007

Keyword(s): ethnic identity, ethnicity, homeownership, immigrant integration and immigration

Programme Area(s): Labour Economics

Abstract: Immigrants are much less likely to own their homes than natives, even after controlling for a broad range of life-cycle and socio-economic characteristics and housing market conditions. This paper extends the analysis of immigrant housing tenure choice by explicitly accounting for ethnic identity as a potential influence on the homeownership decision, using a two-dimensional model of ethnic identity that incorporates attachments to both origin and host cultures. The evidence suggests that immigrants with a stronger commitment to the host country are more likely to achieve homeownership for a given set of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, regardless of their level of attachment to their home country.

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Constant, A, Roberts, R and Zimmermann, K. 2007. 'Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Homeownership'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=6490