2001
Abstract:
Recently, research has begun to investigate the reasons for differences in homeownership
rates between Asian and whites. This paper extends this research by examining the
heterogeneity that exists across Asian groups in the United States. We find that there are
important differences across geographic area, across time, and across groups in the importance of
various factors that influence the likelihood of owning a home. After controlling for household
mobility and other socioeconomic characteristics, we find most Asian groups have
homeownership rates similar to whites, but Chinese households have homeownership rates 20
percentage points higher than their household characteristics would predict. Part of this may be
due to differences in support unmeasured in the data, but future research is needed to better
understand the source of this differential.
