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Nostaako asumistuki vuokria? Tutkimus Turun seudun vuokra-asuntomarkkinoista

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  • Samuli Hiekka
  • Matti Virén

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This paper deals with incidence of housing subsidies. This property is analyzed using Finnish panel data from the Turku region. The data include 765 households that have received housing allowances for the period 2000-2007. The results suggest that a part of subsidies will indeed go rents. A conservative estimate of the size of shift is 15 per cent but it is well possible that the number is even 25 per cent. Our results seem to be consistent with other research results that have also ended up with relative high rent effects. If this is indeed the case, it is well founded to reconsider the need for reforming the system of housing subsidies at least with respect to the share of costs that remains on households' own account.

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  • Samuli Hiekka & Matti Virén, 2008. "Nostaako asumistuki vuokria? Tutkimus Turun seudun vuokra-asuntomarkkinoista," Working Papers 241, Työn ja talouden tutkimus LABORE, The Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE.
    • Handle: RePEc:pst:wpaper:241
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    Keywords

    housing allowance; tax incidence; rental housing markets;
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    JEL classification:

    • H22 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Incidence
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • R28 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Government Policy

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