TY - JOUR
AU - Van Nieuwerburgh, Stijn
AB - Housing affordability is the main policy challenge for most large cities in the world. Zoning changes, rent control, housing vouchers, and tax credits are the main levers employed by policymakers. How effective are they at combatting the affordability crisis? We build a dynamic stochastic spatial equilibrium model to evaluate the effect of these policies on the well-being of its citizens. The model endogenizes house prices, rents, construction, labour supply, output, income, and wealth inequality, the location decisions of households within the city as well as inter-city migration. Its main novel features are risk, risk aversion, and incomplete risk-sharing. We calibrate the model to the New York metropolitan statistical area. Housing affordability policies carry substantial insurance value but affect aggregate housing and labour supply and cause misallocation in labour and housing markets. Housing affordability policies that enhance access to this insurance especially for the neediest households create substantial net welfare gains.
TI - Affordable Housing and City Welfare
JO - The Review of Economic Studies
DO - 10.1093/restud/rdac024
DA - 2022-05-06
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/affordable-housing-and-city-welfare-pSVshQm2Vk
SP - 293
EP - 330
VL - 90
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -