Effects of immigration on house prices in Canada

Akbari, Ather H.; Aydede, Yigit

doi:10.1080/00036846.2010.548788

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“…This population increase contributed to an increase in housing prices (Akbari & Avdede, 2012), and specifically increased the low-income population that is relatively vulnerable to extreme heat (Hansen et al, 2013). This migration is also a contributing factor for increased unemployment rates in urban areas, and hence the social vulnerability associated with heat risk from 2006 to 2011.…”

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Spatiotemporal analysis of regional socio-economic vulnerability change associated with heat risks in Canada

Knudby

Chi

et al. 2018

Applied Geography

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Excess mortality can be caused by extreme hot weather events, which are increasing in severity and frequency in Canada due to climate change. Individual and social vulnerability factors influence the mortality risk associated with a given heat exposure. We constructed heat vulnerability indices using census data from 2006 and 2011 in Canada, developed a novel design to compare spatiotemporal changes of heat vulnerability, and identified locations that may be increasingly vulnerable to heat. The results suggest that 1) urban areas in Canada are particularly vulnerable to heat, 2) suburban areas and satellite cities around major metropolitan areas show the greatest increases in vulnerability, and 3) heat vulnerability changes are driven primarily by changes in the density of older ages and infants. Our approach is applicable to heat vulnerability analyses in other countries.

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Spatiotemporal analysis of regional socio-economic vulnerability change associated with heat risks in Canada

Knudby

Chi

et al. 2018

Applied Geography

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“…Gonzalez and Ortega (2009) show that the price effect through immigration is higher for the Spanish housing market. Akbari and Aydede (2009) also find immigration effects for the Canadian housing market, however their long-run estimates are muted compared to the short-run estimates for the United States and Spain.…”

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Immigrant language barriers and house prices

Fischer

2012

Regional Science and Urban Economics

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Are language skills important in explaining the nexus between house prices and immigrant inflows? The language barrier hypothesis says immigrants from a non common language country value amenities more than immigrants from common language countries. In turn, immigrants from non common language countries are less price sensitive to house price changes than immigrants from a common language country. Tests of the language barrier hypothesis with Swiss house prices show that an immigration inflow from a non common language country equal to 1% of an area's population is coincident with an increase in prices for single-family homes of about 4.9%. Immigrant inflow from a common language country instead has no statistically significant impact.

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“…Gonzalez and Ortega (2013) show that the price effect through immigration is higher for the Spanish housing market. Akbari and Aydede (2012) instead find muted immigration effects for the Canadian housing market. Stillman and Maré (2008) uncover separate results for migrant groups.…”

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Immigration and Swiss House Prices

Degen

Fischer

2017

Swiss J Economics Statistics

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SUMMARYThis study examines the behavior of Swiss house prices in relation to immigration flows for 85 regions from 2001 to 2006. The results show that the nexus between immigration and house prices holds even in an environment of low house price inflation and modest immigration flows. An immigration inflow equal to 1 % of an area's population is coincident with an increase in prices for single-family homes of about 2.7 %, a result consistent with previous studies. The overall immigration effect for single-family houses captures almost two-thirds of the total price increase. 16Degen / Fischer

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Effects of immigration on house prices in Canada

Cited by 82 publications

References 12 publications

Spatiotemporal analysis of regional socio-economic vulnerability change associated with heat risks in Canada

Spatiotemporal analysis of regional socio-economic vulnerability change associated with heat risks in Canada

Immigrant language barriers and house prices

Immigration and Swiss House Prices

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