Nation's housing needs differ according to local demographics
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The 1995 State of the Nation's Housing report of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies reveals that affordable-housing needs in the US depend on the demographic and housing characteristics that are unique in a particular geographical location. Housing trends in certain areas are determined by the growth of minority population. Other demographic factors that determine specific housing demands include age, income and household composition.
Publication Name: Secondary Mortgage Markets
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0740-4271
Year: 1996
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Needs, Costs and Bureaucracy: The Allocation of Public Consumption in the UK
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The allocation of public expenditure between defense, health, education, and miscellany in the United Kingdom is examined in a dynamic optimizing model. Program shares depend on resources available, relative costs, need, and institutional inertia. The results compare to prior expectations.
Publication Name: Economic Journal
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0013-0133
Year: 1984
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Substitution in Consumption
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A general model is developed to gauge the effect of a commodity price change on demand for the commodity and of the effect of a price change of goods on demand. The relationship to substitution is identified. The specification of substitution effects is developed.
Publication Name: European Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0014-2921
Year: 1983
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