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Housing Wealth and Fertility: Australian Evidence

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  • Atalay, Kadir
  • Li, Ang
  • Whelan, Stephen

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This paper examines the impact of housing wealth on fertility related decisions by exploiting geographic variation in house price changes in Australia. Using data from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, we fi nd changes in house prices signifi cantly affect the household decisions around fertility outcomes and fertility intentions. Our estimates indicate that, among home owners, a $100,000 increase in house prices increases the likelihood of having a child by a 7.5 percent. An increase in house prices of this order leads to an increase in the intention to have a child, measured on a scale of 0-10, by a 2.5 percent. We show that the positive housing wealth effect on fertility is largely driven by females in their early 30s, with at least one child, and within a formally married relationship.

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  • Atalay, Kadir & Li, Ang & Whelan, Stephen, 2017. "Housing Wealth and Fertility: Australian Evidence," Working Papers 2017-08, University of Sydney, School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:syd:wpaper:2017-08
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    1. Daysal, N. Meltem & Lovenheim, Michael & Siersbæk, Nikolaj & Wasser, David N., 2021. "Home prices, fertility, and early-life health outcomes," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
    2. Ermanno Affuso & Khandokar Istiak & James Swofford, 2022. "Interest Rates, House Prices, Fertility, and the Macroeconomy," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-17, September.
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    5. Katrine Jakobsen & Thomas H Jørgensen & Hamish Low, 2022. "Fertility and Family Labor Supply," Economics Series Working Papers 965, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    6. Vakilifard, Negar & A. Bahri, Parisa & Anda, Martin & Ho, Goen, 2019. "An interactive planning model for sustainable urban water and energy supply," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 235(C), pages 332-345.

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