The Effect of Marital Status on Home Ownership among Low-Income Households
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This research examines whether married low-income renters are more likely to become home owners than comparable single, low-income renters. To do so, it employs data from the Community Advantage Panel Study and discrete-time survival analysis with propensityscore matching. Results suggest that married couples buy homes at higher rates, and buy them more quickly, than do their unmarried counterparts. Estimates in models that use propensity-score matching are robust to the control of selection bias between the married and the unmarried groups. The findings suggest that efforts to encourage marriage among low-income couples may be associated with subsequent economic mobility through home ownership.
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