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dc.contributor.authorvan Ham, Maartenen
dc.contributor.authorWilliamson, Leeen
dc.contributor.authorFeijten, Petekeen
dc.contributor.authorBoyle, Paulen
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-14-
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-11T14:28:55Z-
dc.date.available2011-02-11T14:28:55Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201010132704en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/44178-
dc.description.abstractOne of the goals of the Right to Buy (RTB) was to stimulate labour migration by removing the debilitating effect of social housing on geographical mobility. This is the first study to examine rigorously whether the Right to Buy legislation did indeed 'free-up' those in social housing who bought their homes. Using longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and panel regression models we show that the probability of a RTB-owner making a long distance move falls between that of social renters and owner occupiers. However, the difference between RTB-owners and neither homeowners nor social renters is significant. Social renters are significantly less likely to move over long distances than traditional owners. The results also suggest that RTB-owners are less likely than traditional owners to move for job related reasons, but more likely than social renters.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5115en
dc.subject.jelJ60en
dc.subject.jelJ61en
dc.subject.jelR23en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordRight to Buyen
dc.subject.keywordresidential mobilityen
dc.subject.keywordmigrationen
dc.subject.keywordmoving reasonsen
dc.subject.keywordlongitudinal dataen
dc.subject.keywordUnited Kingdomen
dc.titleRight to buy... time to move? Investigating the effect of the right to buy on moving behaviour in the UK-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn643982302en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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