Optimal Household Behaviour and Housing Choice

1989 ◽  
pp. 229-252
Author(s):  
Jan Rouwendal
Keyword(s):  
Housing Choice ◽  
Household Behaviour

Understanding Consumption: What Interviews with Retired Households Can Reveal about Budgetary Decisions

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund Chattoe ◽  
Nigel Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Time Allocation ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Economic Models ◽  
Middle Range Theory ◽  
Middle Range ◽  
Household Behaviour ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Range Theory ◽  
Budgetary Decisions

This paper uses interview data from retired households to inform a discussion about economic models of consumption. It is divided into two parts. In the first part, the economic models are described. The paper then discusses several different types of reasons for finding them unhelpful in explaining consumption. The second part of the paper considers the role of ‘middle range’ theories in developing plausible models of household behaviour. Phenomena which the interviews suggest are important in explaining consumption, such as time allocation, the labour supply decision, the ubiquitous durability of goods and the structure of the household, are not typically supported by middle range theory in current models. Without the constraints of such theory, it is very hard to distinguish models providing genuine explanation from those that merely fit the data. The latter part of the paper also discusses aspects of a new middle range theory of consumption suggested by the interviews.

scholarly journals Source of Income Discrimination and Fair Housing Policy

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Rosie Tighe ◽  
Megan E. Hatch ◽  
Joseph Mead
Keyword(s):  
Housing Policy ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Housing Choice ◽  
Fair Housing ◽  
Voucher Program ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
The Social ◽  
Housing Choice Voucher Program ◽  
Local Law ◽  
Do So

The housing choice voucher program was designed with two main goals in mind: to eliminate concentrations of poverty and the social problems it causes and to provide poor households with greater access to higher-opportunity neighborhoods. However, research suggests that voucher holders would like to move to higher-opportunity neighborhoods, but often are unable to do so. One of the most prominent reasons for this is that, in most cities and states, local law allows landlords to discriminate against potential tenants on the grounds of their “source of income” (SOI). This article reviews the literature on discrimination of voucher recipients and the potential for SOI antidiscrimination laws to mitigate some of these negative outcomes.

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