Do House Prices Sink or Ride the Wave of Immigration?

Arbeitspapier

The sharp rise in international migration is a pressing social and economic issue, as seen in the recent global trend towards nationalism. One major concern is the impact of immigration on housing. We assemble a comprehensive database of 474 estimates of immigration's impact on house prices in 14 destination countries and find that immigration increases house prices, on average. However, attitudes to immigrants moderate this effect. In countries less welcoming to immigrants, house price increases are more limited.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11497

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Migration ; Housing Supply and Markets
• Subject: immigration ; house prices ; attitudes ; meta-regression

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Larkin, Matthew P. ; Askarov, Zohid ; Doucouliagos, Chris ; Dubelaar, Chris ; Klona, Maria ; Newton, Joshua ; Stanley, Tom D. ; Vocino, Andrea
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/180515
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET