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The Future of Housing Markets: A New Appraisal: Environment, Development and Public Policy: Cities and Development

Autor Leland S. Burns, Leo Grebler
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 mar 2012
This book's title betrays at once that it belongs in the forecast literature. Peering into the future is a notoriously treacherous venture. Nevertheless, it has become a prac­ tice endemic to the business and government worlds as well as to academia, especially economics. We like to be­ lieve that the enormous growth of forecasting in the face of some disappointments reflects real needs of decision­ makers (as well as the general public's well-warranted curiosity about the future). Fashion alone could hardly explain the sustained increase in the market for forecast services during the past few decades. Some professionals insist on fine distinctions be­ tween the forecast, the projection, the prediction-and the prophecy. The differences are more semantic than real, as the mandatory resort to Webster confirms. The entry "forecast" includes references to prediction and prophecy without differentiation, while "projection" is defined, among other things, as prediction or "advance estimate." We use mainly the term projections because v PREFACE vi much of our statistical research is based on forward es­ timates of population and households by the U.S. Bu­ reau of the Census which the bureau itself, the greatest fountain of data in the world, records as projections.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781468451634
ISBN-10: 1468451634
Pagini: 228
Ilustrații: XXI, 200 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Ediția:Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
Editura: Springer Us
Colecția Springer
Seria Environment, Development and Public Policy: Cities and Development

Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States

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1 Introduction.- 2 The Changing Demographic Base of Housing Demand.- Decline of the Young Adult Generation.- Slowing Growth of Households.- The Future Shift to Middle-Aged Household Heads.- Changing Composition of Households.- Appendix A: Technical Detail on the Census Population Projections.- Appendix B: Detailed Data on Adult Population and Households.- Notes.- References.- 3 Socioeconomic Trends Affecting Household Formation.- A Rationale for Discontinuity of Trends.- The “Vital Statistics”.- Growth of Women in the Labor Force.- Income as a Determinant of Housing Demand.- Trends in the Ethnic Population Mix.- Appendix C: Data on the Changing Ethnic-Racial Population Mix.- Appendix D: Contributions to Consumer Purchasing Power, 1950–1980.- Notes.- References.- 4 Housing in People’s Life Cycle.- Stage I: Entry into the Housing Market—The 25–34 Age Group.- Stage II: The Young Middle-Aged—35–44.- Stage III: The Mature Middle-Aged—45–54.- Stage IV: The Senior Middle-Aged—55–64.- Stage V: The Elderly—Age 65 and Over.- Households, Incomes, Age, and the Affordability Issue.- Does Cohort Size Influence Incomes?.- Appendix E: Detailed Data on Socioeconomic Characteristics of Households by Age of Household Head.- Notes.- References.- 5 The Housing of the Future: Demand Changes and Supply Response.- Quantity versus Quality—The Perennial Alternatives.- The Case for Quality Improvements.- Stagnation of Homeownership.- Future Trends on the Supply Side.- The General Economic Climate.- Appendix F: Detailed Data on Consumer Purchasing Power and on Homeownership.- Notes.- References.