Co-authored by Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath Many Canadian municipalities are implementing reforms to allow multiplexes in formerly single family areas. These initiatives are d…| Home: Free Sociology!
Co-authored by Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath. What if zoning was responsive to underlying demand to live in an area? That is, rather than reserving parts of the landscape for t…| Home: Free Sociology!
Co-authored by Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath. The main housing problem in Canada is that there is not enough of it. We can see this by looking at prices and rents, but also by …| Home: Free Sociology!
Co-authored by Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath. Housing demand from external migration receives outsized attention in the public discussion. We take a recent Statistics Canada re…| Home: Free Sociology!
Co-authored by Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath. In our new paper “The new rules: housing shortage as an explanation for family and household change across large metro areas in Ca…| Home: Free Sociology!
Co-authored with Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted on MountainMath. Evidence suggests a clear correlation between rents and rates of homelessness in the USA. The simplest interpretation is that ho…| Home: Free Sociology!
Co-authored with Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted on MountainMath. Today the Globe and Mail published an opinion piece about continued flows of “foreign money” in B.C. real estate. Broadly this i…| Home: Free Sociology!
Co-authored with Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath Who would benefit from dramatically expanding the supply of housing in the market? How would such an expansion address housing ne…| Home: Free Sociology!
Co-authored with Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath How does owning or renting relate to household independence across the life course? How have these relationships changed over recent history? We use Census data from 1981-2021 to check in on historical relationships between age, tenure, and household composition. From these we develop a couple of … Continue reading Tenure and Household Independence across the Life Course, 1981-2021| Home: Free Sociology!
Co-authored with Jens von Bergmann and cross-posted at MountainMath New data supports a common theme: Housing costs seem to be increasingly important as a determinant of long-distance migration, adding to their traditional importance within short-distance moves. But there are still some interesting caveats. We have a look at the data, compare it to what we … Continue reading Migration and Housing Costs| Home: Free Sociology!
