Hurdles or walls? Nativity, citizenship, legal status and Latino homeownership in Los Angeles

McConnell, Eileen Díaz

doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.04.009

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“…Empirically, citizenship status has been consistently shown to be a significant predictor for homeownership (e.g., [25]). In the US context, a person's legal status also matters for homeownership, as it affects access to educational opportunities, financial resources, and welfare benefits [26]. Furthermore, a longer duration of stay in host countries is also associated with a higher degree of assimilation and therefore higher likelihood of homeownership [27].…”

Section: Housing and Welfare In International Casesmentioning

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Toward Human-Centered Urbanization? Housing Ownership and Access to Social Insurance Among Migrant Households in China

Wen

Wallace

2019

Sustainability

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For the past few years, China's urbanization policy has focused on expanding welfare and affordable housing for rural migrants so as to encourage them to put down roots in the city. The international literature disagrees on the relationship between homeownership and welfare-whether the former is a substitute for or a consequence of the latter. Using multilevel logistic regression on a 2015 nationally representative survey, this paper explores the determinants of housing ownership among China's rural migrant households in their city of residence, focusing particularly on access to urban social insurance. The results show that institutional ties to the city such as enrollment in local pensions and health insurance are associated with higher likelihood of homeownership. This paper argues that policy interventions should target the social security system, as rural migrants are likely unwilling or unable to invest in urban housing due to the increased risk and precarity they typically experience. The findings also suggest that to make urbanization more sustainable, the government should aim at making cities more family-friendly, expanding alternatives to employment-based social insurance schemes, and targeting efforts on interior cities in migrant-sourcing provinces that pose fewer barriers to permanent settlement.

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Section: Housing and Welfare In International Casesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward Human-Centered Urbanization? Housing Ownership and Access to Social Insurance Among Migrant Households in China

Wen

Wallace

2019

Sustainability

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“…For Mexican immigrants, the authors do not find a link between homeownership and previous undocumented status. McConnell () examines Latino immigrants in Los Angeles using the LAC‐MIRSS and finds that undocumented immigrants are significantly less likely to be homeowners than other immigrants (both LPRs and citizens). Hall and Greenman () utilize the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and find that undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Central America are less likely to be homeowners and more likely to live in crowded homes than legal immigrants.…”

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“…Among these many factors, the role of citizenship status or legal status on housing tenure choice is not fully understood. With respect to citizenship status, the general consensus in the literature is that naturalized citizens are significantly more likely to own a home than noncitizens (Cahill and Franklin ; McConnell ; Mundra and Oyelere ). The research on the effects of legal status, however, is mixed (Hall and Greenman ; McConnell ; McConnell and Akresh ; McConnell and Marcelli ).…”

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A Pathway to Homeownership? Evidence From the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

Sharpe

2019

Contemporary Economic Policy

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The impact of legal status on economic outcomes has been well documented in the literature with most research focused on labor market outcomes such as wages and occupational mobility. In this paper, I utilize the exogenous variation created the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 to estimate the effect of amnesty polices on homeownership among undocumented immigrants. Using a regression discontinuity framework, the results suggest that the IRCA increased homeownership rates of eligible immigrants by around 4 percentage points relative to ineligible immigrants. Moreover, an extension to the main analysis suggests that immigrants ineligible for the IRCA adjusted their household formation by increasing the rates of coresidency. (JEL J61, R23, R31)

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“…(Alba and Nee 2003:38). To understand housing tenure differences between Latin American immigrant groups, it is important to note groups' various forms of capital that lead to varying trajectories in homeowner attainment (Alba and Logan 1992;McConnell 2015). For instance, Nee and Sanders (2001) present the "forms-of-capital" model as a way to account for intergroup diversity in the assimilation process.…”

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“…In focusing on the mechanisms of assimilation, Alba and Nee state “assimilation occurs at different rates within different ethnic and racial groups, so that within the same ethnic group there is very considerable variation in the extent of assimilation…” (Alba and Nee :38). To understand housing tenure differences between Latin American immigrant groups, it is important to note groups’ various forms of capital that lead to varying trajectories in homeowner attainment (Alba and Logan ; McConnell ). For instance, Nee and Sanders () present the “forms‐of‐capital” model as a way to account for intergroup diversity in the assimilation process.…”

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Homeownership Among Latin American Immigrants in New Destinations

Sánchez

2018

Sociological Inquiry

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One of the most profound demographic changes in the United States over the past several decades is the redistribution of immigrants from Latin America to new destinations. However, little attention has been paid to differences in homeownership by national origin and destination type among this population. This is surprising because homeownership is a most significant investment and component of wealth for most residents. Using the American Community Survey to examine the likelihood of owning a home among immigrants from Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala, the main objective of this research was to investigate how homeownership among the three immigrant groups intersects with destination type. The results indicate that these immigrants have significantly lower rates of homeownership in new destinations than in established settlement areas after controlling for a host of individual and metropolitan‐level characteristics. At the same time, the role of destination is not the same for all groups. Guatemalans have the lowest levels of homeownership overall, but Mexican immigrants are the least likely to own a home in new destinations. These findings are further explored and discussed.

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Hurdles or walls? Nativity, citizenship, legal status and Latino homeownership in Los Angeles

Cited by 28 publications

References 81 publications

Toward Human-Centered Urbanization? Housing Ownership and Access to Social Insurance Among Migrant Households in China

Toward Human-Centered Urbanization? Housing Ownership and Access to Social Insurance Among Migrant Households in China

A Pathway to Homeownership? Evidence From the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

Homeownership Among Latin American Immigrants in New Destinations

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