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Title:
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Individual Aspirations and Satisfaction:Quantifying the Importance of Homeownership
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Author:
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Díaz Serrano, Luis
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Other authors:
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Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament d'Economia |
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Resum:
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Residential satisfaction is often used as a barometer to assess the performance of public policy and programmes designed to raise individuals' well-being. However, the fact that responses elicited from residents might be biased by subjective, non-observable factors casts doubt on whether these responses can be taken as trustable indicators of the individuals' housing situation. Emotional factors such as aspirations or expectations might affect individuals' cognitions of their true residential situation. To disentangle this puzzle, we investigated whether identical residential attributes can be perceived differently depending on tenure status. Our results indicate that tenure status is crucial not only in determining the level of housing satisfaction, but also regarding how dwellers perceive their housing characteristics. Keywords: Housing satisfaction, subjective well-being, homeownership. JEL classification: D1, R2. |
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Publication date:
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2008 |
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Subject (UDC):
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332 - Economia regional i territorial. Economia del sòl i de la vivenda |
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Subject(s):
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Economia domèstica
Benestar
Habitatge -- Aspectes psicològics
Llar
Propietat
Consumidors -- Satisfacció |
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Rights:
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Document type:
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Working Paper |
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ISSN:
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1988 - 0812
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Collection:
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Documents de treball del Departament d'Economia;2008-13
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