Private Transfers, Borrowing Constraints and the Timing of Homeownership

CSEF Working Papers from Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy

Abstract: The 1991 Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth contains detailed information on how respondents acquired their main residence and any other real estate. This information is used to estimate the impact of inter vivos transfers on the saving period required to purchase a house and on the value of the house purchased when households have limited access to mortgage markets. It is found that transfers shorten the saving time by about two years and allow households to purchase considerably larger homes. The results have implications for the debate about the source of the relation between aggregate saving and growth.

Keywords: intergenerational transfers; homeownership; borrowing constraints (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D91 R21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-03-01
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Published in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, May 2002, vol. 34, pages 315-339

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Journal Article: Private Transfers, Borrowing Constraints and the Timing of Homeownership (2002)
Working Paper: Private Transfers, Borrowing Constraints and the Timing of Homeownership (1998)
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