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Factors of the Tenure Choice: The Case of the Czech Republic

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Original title:Factors of the Tenure Choice: The Case of the Czech Republic
Authors:Dagmar Špalková, Jiří Špalek
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Citation:ŠPALKOVÁ, Dagmar and Jiří ŠPALEK. Factors of the Tenure Choice: The Case of the Czech Republic. In Teoretické a praktické aspekty veřejných financí. 2012. ISBN 978-80-245-1764-3.Export BibTeX
@proceedings{979772,
author = {Špalková, Dagmar and Špalek, Jiří},
booktitle = {Teoretické a praktické aspekty veřejných financí},
keywords = {Housing, household expenditures; tenure choice},
language = {eng},
isbn = {978-80-245-1764-3},
title = {Factors of the Tenure Choice: The Case of the Czech Republic},
year = {2012}
}
Original language:English
Field:Economy
Type:Conference abstract
Keywords:Housing, household expenditures; tenure choice

The key decision for the household on the housing market is to choose type of tenure (tenure choice). Among various factors influencing this decision we focus on the microeconomics ones, particularly on the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the households. On the basis of logistic regression, we show that the tenure choice in the Czech Republic is affected by three key factors: income of the household, education of household’s members; and marital status of the head of the household. On the other hand, the gender and the age of the head of the household, or whether there are children or pensioners in the household, turned out to be completely insignificant