Monetary policy and racial inequality in housing markets : a study of 140 US metropolitan areas / by Qi Li and Xu Zhang. : FB3-5/2023-62E-PDF

"This paper investigates the differential impact of monetary policy on homeownership and housing returns among Black, Hispanic and White households. Using data on 13 million repeat sales from 1993 to 2020, we construct and analyze race-specific entries and exits of homeownership and housing returns for 140 metropolitan areas in the United States. Our findings reveal significant heterogeneity: for minority households, one unit of monetary tightening leads to a 15% lower housing return and a 31% lower entry into homeownership than White households. This heterogeneity primarily stems from the less favorable labor market responses of minority groups to contractionary monetary policy. These findings emphasize the unintended consequences of monetary policy on racial inequality in the housing market"--Abstract, page ii.

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Ministère/Organisme Bank of Canada, issuing body.
Titre Monetary policy and racial inequality in housing markets : a study of 140 US metropolitan areas / by Qi Li and Xu Zhang.
Titre de la série Staff working paper = Document de travail du personnel, 1701-9397 ; 2023-62
Type de publication Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal
Langue [Anglais]
Format Électronique
Document électronique
Note(s) ISSN assigned to different series.
"Last updated: December 28, 2023."
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes abstracts in English and French.
Information sur la publication [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada = Banque du Canada, 2023.
©2023
Auteur / Contributeur Li, Qi, author.
Description 1 online resource (ii, 45, 30 pages) : colour illustrations.
Numéro de catalogue
  • FB3-5/2023-62E-PDF
Descripteurs Discrimination in housing -- United States -- Econometric models.
Home ownership -- United States -- Econometric models.
Monetary policy -- United States -- Econometric models.
Discrimination dans le logement -- États-Unis -- Modèles économétriques.
Habitations -- Possession -- États-Unis -- Modèles économétriques.
Politique monétaire -- États-Unis -- Modèles économétriques.
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