Urbanization and Housing Investment

This paper provides the first systematic empirical assessment of the pace at which housing investment has responded to rising demand from urbanization. The assessment used National Accounts Statistics to build a data set of residential housing inv...

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Main Authors: Dasgupta, Basab, Lall, Somik V., Lozano-Gracia, Nancy
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
CD
GDP
GNP
TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20378391/urbanization-housing-investment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20655
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topic ACCOUNTING
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AGRICULTURE
ASSET CLASS
AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT
BANKING SECTOR
BINDING CONSTRAINTS
BOND
BONDS
BUDGET CONSTRAINT
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITAL GAINS
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL OUTLAYS
CD
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANK LENDING
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEBT
COMMODITIES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
COST OF FINANCE
COUNTRY TO COUNTRY
CREDIT MARKET
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
DEBT
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISPOSABLE INCOMES
DOMESTIC BORROWING
DOMESTIC CAPITAL
DOMESTIC CAPITAL MARKET
DOMESTIC CREDIT
DURABLE
DURABLES
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMICS
ELASTICITY
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EQUIPMENT
EXPENDITURES
FINANCES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL PORTFOLIOS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
FOREIGN INFLOWS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
GDP
GNP
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH RATE
HOME MORTGAGE
HOME OWNERSHIP
HOMEOWNERSHIP
HOUSING
HOUSING MARKETS
HOUSING POLICIES
HOUSING SUPPLY
INCOME
INCOME GROUP
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME LEVELS
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MOBILITY
INVENTORIES
INVESTING
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT GROWTH
INVESTMENT IN BOND
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
INVESTMENT POLICIES
JOB CREATION
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL INVESTORS
LOCAL SAVINGS
LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES
MACROECONOMIC ADJUSTMENTS
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET INTEREST
MARKET INTEREST RATES
MARKET PERFORMANCE
MARKET PRICES
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES
MONETARY AUTHORITY
MONETARY FUND
MONETARY POLICIES
MONETARY POLICY
MONEY SUPPLY
MORTGAGE
MORTGAGE DEBT
MORTGAGE LOANS
NASCENT MARKETS
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
OPEN MARKET
OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
PORTFOLIOS
PRICE LEVELS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC BORROWING
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC POLICY
RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE FINANCE
REAL INTEREST
REAL INTEREST RATE
REAL INTEREST RATES
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
RESERVE
RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
RETURN
RETURNS
SAVINGS
SLUMS
SMALL ECONOMIES
STOCK MARKETS
TAX
TAX SUBSIDIES
TOTAL OUTPUT
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN ECONOMICS
URBANIZATION
VALUE ADDED
WEALTH
WEALTH EFFECTS
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AGRICULTURE
ASSET CLASS
AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT
BANKING SECTOR
BINDING CONSTRAINTS
BOND
BONDS
BUDGET CONSTRAINT
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL FORMATION
CAPITAL GAINS
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL OUTLAYS
CD
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANK LENDING
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEBT
COMMODITIES
COMPETITIVENESS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
COST OF FINANCE
COUNTRY TO COUNTRY
CREDIT MARKET
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
DEBT
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISPOSABLE INCOMES
DOMESTIC BORROWING
DOMESTIC CAPITAL
DOMESTIC CAPITAL MARKET
DOMESTIC CREDIT
DURABLE
DURABLES
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMICS
ELASTICITY
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EQUIPMENT
EXPENDITURES
FINANCES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL PORTFOLIOS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
FOREIGN INFLOWS
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
GDP
GNP
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH RATE
HOME MORTGAGE
HOME OWNERSHIP
HOMEOWNERSHIP
HOUSING
HOUSING MARKETS
HOUSING POLICIES
HOUSING SUPPLY
INCOME
INCOME GROUP
INCOME GROUPS
INCOME LEVELS
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MOBILITY
INVENTORIES
INVESTING
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT GROWTH
INVESTMENT IN BOND
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
INVESTMENT POLICIES
JOB CREATION
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL INVESTORS
LOCAL SAVINGS
LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES
MACROECONOMIC ADJUSTMENTS
MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET INTEREST
MARKET INTEREST RATES
MARKET PERFORMANCE
MARKET PRICES
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES
MONETARY AUTHORITY
MONETARY FUND
MONETARY POLICIES
MONETARY POLICY
MONEY SUPPLY
MORTGAGE
MORTGAGE DEBT
MORTGAGE LOANS
NASCENT MARKETS
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
OPEN MARKET
OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
PORTFOLIOS
PRICE LEVELS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC BORROWING
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC POLICY
RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE FINANCE
REAL INTEREST
REAL INTEREST RATE
REAL INTEREST RATES
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
RESERVE
RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
RETURN
RETURNS
SAVINGS
SLUMS
SMALL ECONOMIES
STOCK MARKETS
TAX
TAX SUBSIDIES
TOTAL OUTPUT
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
URBAN ECONOMICS
URBANIZATION
VALUE ADDED
WEALTH
WEALTH EFFECTS
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
Dasgupta, Basab
Lall, Somik V.
Lozano-Gracia, Nancy
Urbanization and Housing Investment
geographic_facet Africa
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7110
description This paper provides the first systematic empirical assessment of the pace at which housing investment has responded to rising demand from urbanization. The assessment used National Accounts Statistics to build a data set of residential housing investment for more than 90 countries. The data set explicitly accounts for investment by households, the government, and the private sector. The analysis finds that housing investment follows an S-shaped trajectory taking off around per capita GDP of about $3,000 (US$2005) and tapering down at per capita GDP around $36,000 (US$2005). The analysis also finds that between 2001 and 2011, housing investment in low-income economies averaged 4.56 percent of gross domestic product and 9.12 percent in upper-middle-income economies. An important finding is that countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have housing elasticities similar to comparable low-income and lower-middle-income economies. In financing housing investment, the paper finds that developing countries tend to rely much more on domestic savings and government debt, whereas high-income Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries lever capital markets by tapping foreign savings. Not only does excessive reliance on domestic savings and government debt increase the sensitivity of housing investment to the cyclicality of growth of gross domestic product, it also can potentially crowd out investments in health and education.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Dasgupta, Basab
Lall, Somik V.
Lozano-Gracia, Nancy
author_facet Dasgupta, Basab
Lall, Somik V.
Lozano-Gracia, Nancy
author_sort Dasgupta, Basab
title Urbanization and Housing Investment
title_short Urbanization and Housing Investment
title_full Urbanization and Housing Investment
title_fullStr Urbanization and Housing Investment
title_full_unstemmed Urbanization and Housing Investment
title_sort urbanization and housing investment
publisher World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20378391/urbanization-housing-investment
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20655
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spelling okr-10986-206552021-04-23T14:03:59Z Urbanization and Housing Investment Dasgupta, Basab Lall, Somik V. Lozano-Gracia, Nancy ACCOUNTING AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGRICULTURE ASSET CLASS AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT BANKING SECTOR BINDING CONSTRAINTS BOND BONDS BUDGET CONSTRAINT CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL GAINS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL OUTLAYS CD CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANK LENDING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEBT COMMODITIES COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES COST OF FINANCE COUNTRY TO COUNTRY CREDIT MARKET CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS DEBT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPOSABLE INCOMES DOMESTIC BORROWING DOMESTIC CAPITAL DOMESTIC CAPITAL MARKET DOMESTIC CREDIT DURABLE DURABLES ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMICS ELASTICITY EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FINANCES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PORTFOLIOS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FOREIGN INFLOWS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS GDP GNP GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATE HOME MORTGAGE HOME OWNERSHIP HOMEOWNERSHIP HOUSING HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING POLICIES HOUSING SUPPLY INCOME INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INFLATIONARY PRESSURES INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MOBILITY INVENTORIES INVESTING INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT GROWTH INVESTMENT IN BOND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES INVESTMENT POLICIES JOB CREATION LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL INVESTORS LOCAL SAVINGS LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES MACROECONOMIC ADJUSTMENTS MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET INTEREST MARKET INTEREST RATES MARKET PERFORMANCE MARKET PRICES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES MONETARY AUTHORITY MONETARY FUND MONETARY POLICIES MONETARY POLICY MONEY SUPPLY MORTGAGE MORTGAGE DEBT MORTGAGE LOANS NASCENT MARKETS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPEN MARKET OPEN MARKET OPERATIONS PER CAPITA INCOMES POLITICAL ECONOMY PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS PORTFOLIOS PRICE LEVELS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC BORROWING PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC POLICY RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE FINANCE REAL INTEREST REAL INTEREST RATE REAL INTEREST RATES REGRESSION ANALYSIS REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RESERVE RESERVE REQUIREMENTS RETURN RETURNS SAVINGS SLUMS SMALL ECONOMIES STOCK MARKETS TAX TAX SUBSIDIES TOTAL OUTPUT URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ECONOMICS URBANIZATION VALUE ADDED WEALTH WEALTH EFFECTS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS This paper provides the first systematic empirical assessment of the pace at which housing investment has responded to rising demand from urbanization. The assessment used National Accounts Statistics to build a data set of residential housing investment for more than 90 countries. The data set explicitly accounts for investment by households, the government, and the private sector. The analysis finds that housing investment follows an S-shaped trajectory taking off around per capita GDP of about $3,000 (US$2005) and tapering down at per capita GDP around $36,000 (US$2005). The analysis also finds that between 2001 and 2011, housing investment in low-income economies averaged 4.56 percent of gross domestic product and 9.12 percent in upper-middle-income economies. An important finding is that countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have housing elasticities similar to comparable low-income and lower-middle-income economies. In financing housing investment, the paper finds that developing countries tend to rely much more on domestic savings and government debt, whereas high-income Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries lever capital markets by tapping foreign savings. Not only does excessive reliance on domestic savings and government debt increase the sensitivity of housing investment to the cyclicality of growth of gross domestic product, it also can potentially crowd out investments in health and education. 2014-12-04T00:02:17Z 2014-12-04T00:02:17Z 2014-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20378391/urbanization-housing-investment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20655 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7110 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa