Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/129430 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
ESRI Working Paper No. 487
Publisher: 
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the household formation and tenure choice decisions of different age cohorts in the Irish market. We use data covering the years 2001 to 2011, a period which encompasses the boom, bubble and collapse in the Irish housing market. We find that the household formation decision is affected by the rent-to-income ratio while tenure choice depends upon the difference between rent and the user cost of housing, a notional cost of services derived from owning a home. After the crash, the balance of these costs favoured renting, resulting in a decrease in owner occupancy. In addition, we find that falling average rents caused entry to the housing market to become more affordable, and that this is linked to significantly higher household fo rmation rates.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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