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Physical health effects of the housing boom: Quasi-experimental evidence from the health and retirement study

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  • Hamoudi, A.
  • Dowd, J.B.

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Objectives. We examined the impact of the dramatic increases in housing prices in the United States in the 1990s and early 2000s on physical health outcomes among a representative sample of middle-aged and older Americans. Methods. Using a quasi-experimental design, we exploited geographic and time variation in housing prices using third-party valuation estimates of median single-family detached houses from 1988 to 2007 in each of 2400 zip codes combined with Health and Retirement Study data from 1992 to 2006 to test the impact of housing appreciation on physical health outcomes. Results. Respondents living in communities in which home values appreciated more rapidly had fewer functional limitations, performed better on interviewer-administered physical tasks, and had smaller waist circumference. Conclusions. Our results indicate that increases in housing wealth were associated with better health outcomes for homeowners in late middle age and older. The recent sharp decline in housing values for this group may likewise be expected to have important implications for health and should be examined as data become available.

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  • Hamoudi, A. & Dowd, J.B., 2013. "Physical health effects of the housing boom: Quasi-experimental evidence from the health and retirement study," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 103(6), pages 1039-1045.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2012.301205_5
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301205
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    1. Edwin S. Wong & Vanessa M. Oddo & Jessica C. Jones-Smith, 2020. "Are Housing Prices Associated with Food Consumption?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(11), pages 1-11, May.
    2. Moulton, Stephanie & Rhodes, Alec & Haurin, Donald & Loibl, Cäzilia, 2022. "Managing the onset of a new disease in older age: Housing wealth, mortgage borrowing, and medication adherence," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 314(C).
    3. Cäzilia Loibl & Alec P. Rhodes & Stephanie Moulton & Donald Haurin & Chrisse Edmunds, 2022. "Food insecurity among older adults in the U.S.: The role of mortgage borrowing," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 44(2), pages 549-574, June.

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