Why do national trends in house prices spread more to some cities than to others? This paper proposes an explanation of house price contagion based on migration spillovers…
Since the mid-twentieth century, many American suburbs have transformed from lily white enclaves to multiracial milieus. How do advantaged families respond? With residential…
Following the rise and fall in the U.S. homeownership rate over the past two decades, considerable uncertainty exists about its future trajectory. This paper presents our…
The JCHS household projections call for 12.2 million additional households formed between 2018 and 2028. This is 1.4 million lower than the 13.6 million growth projected by…
Doubling-up is a common experience—nearly half of kids experience at least one double-up during childhood—yet we know little about the cumulative effects of these households…
Jonathan Spader, Daniel McCue, Chris Herbert
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December 12, 2016
Following the rise and fall in the homeownership rate over the past two decades, considerable uncertainty exists about the future trajectory of the homeownership rate. This…
Using new Census Bureau projections and a revised methodology for predicting headship rates, this working paper updates the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing…
Between 2004 and 2014, aggregate outstanding student loan debt has more than tripled in real value. Even as households shed other types of non-housing-related debt, student…
Daniel McCue, George Masnick, Chris Herbert
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July 13, 2015
Once every ten years the decennial census provides a definitive count of people, households and housing units in the United States. During the intervening years, trends in…