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Housing prices, household debt and household consumption

Final Report No. 282

Date Published: 08 Jun 2017

Authors: Kadir Atalay Stephen Whelan Judith Yates

This research investigated the relationship between increasing housing prices (or housing wealth) and the increased consumption expenditure of households from before the GFC and afterwards. The analysis revealed that following the GFC, old and middle-aged households showing slightly lower consumption levels despite their houses increasing in price.

DOI: 10.18408/ahuri-7307401

Published by: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited

ISSN: 1834-7223

ISBN: 978-1-925334-46-3

 

Citation: Atalay, K., Whelan, S., and Yates, J. (2017) Housing prices, household debt and household consumption, AHURI Final Report No. 282, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/282, doi:10.18408/ahuri-7307401.

RIS CITATION
Atalay, Kadir
Whelan, Stephen
Yates, Judith