The Specification of Demographic Effects on Housing Demand: Avoiding the Age-Cohort Fallacy

Homeownership and Economic Performance of Immigrants in Germany

“…5 1984198619881990199419961998200020022004Natives Overall Immigrants 1948−19731974−1983 5 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 Natives Natives 18−45 Natives 45+…”

“…However, the model proposed by Borjas (1985) is based on the assumption that an age profile observed at one point in time defines the future path of a cohort as it becomes older (Myers, Megbolugbe, and Lee 1998). Pitkin and Myers (1994) demonstrate that neglecting these profiles may lead to biased results in the context of housing demand, caused by differences in the productivity or the permanent income of different generations. Myers and Lee (1996) propose a dual cohort analysis of home-ownership rates which permits a comparison of age-adjusted immigrant cohorts in relation to natives who are at the same stage of the life cycle.…”

The Residential Crowding of Immigrants in Canada, 1971–2001

“…It should also be possible to explain changes over time*and differences between groups in changes over time*with this basic 'consumer choice' residential model. Regarding 444 M. Haan immigrants, duration is also an important factor to consider, since there is often initial mismatch between residential and household characteristics (Alba and Logan 1992;Haan 2005;Pitkin and Myers 1994).…”

Evaluating California’s Housing Element Law, Housing Equity, and Housing Production (1990–2007)

“…Pitkin and Myers found that forecasts assuming that housing consumption would conform to historic patterns may be inaccurate because of population change, deficient incomes, and/or headship rates (e.g., a population's propensity for households to form new households; Pitkin & Myers, 1994). Studying overcrowding 7 and immigration in southern California, Myers and Lee found that Hispanic immigrant households varied from historic household formation patterns because of increases in household size and small gains in income and home size, relative to Whites and Asians (1996).…”