Data

Here you find new data that I collected for publications. When using them, make sure to consult the read.me and to acknowledge the source. Let me know if you come across any inconsistencies and I will gradually upgrade them in new versions.

1. Homeownership rates, unbalanced panel data 1900-2016, benchmark years, 155 countries

2. Urban density in 1095 cities around 1910, defortification dates, mortgage bank data

3. Political party positions on homeownership and renting in 1809 political manifestos in 19 countries, 1945-2013

4. Residential construction, unbalanced panel, 1913-2016, 30 countries

5. Social housing rates, unbalanced panel 1900-2019, benchmark years

6. Fiscal homeownership regulation (imputed rent tax, mortgage deductions, etc.) in 37 countries 1901-2020

7. Tenancy regulation indices (rent control, tenant protection, allocation), 1914-2020, more than 100 countries

8. Historical party manifestos (4 countries, ca. 1880 to 2020, clean full texts)

1. Homeownership, Renting and Society: Historical and Comparative Perspective (Routledge 2017)

Data: Homeownership rates, unbalanced panel data 1900-2016, benchmark dates, 155 countries, Harvard dataverse, See visualizations here

3. The political economy of homeownership: a comparative analysis of homeownership ideology through party manifestos (Socio-Economi Review 2020)

Data: Political party positions on homeownership and renting in 1809 political manifestos in 19 countries, 1945-2013, Excel file 1.0

4. Too much mortgage debt? The effect of housing financialization on housing supply and residential capital formation (Socio-Economic Review (2021)

Data: Residential construction, unbalanced panel, 1913-2016, 30 countries, Excel file 1.0, Documentation

5. Rise and Fall of Social Housing? Housing decommodification in long-run perspective (Journal of Social Policy, 2022)

Data: Social housing rates, unbalanced panel 1900-2019, benchmark years, Harvard dataverse, Visualization

6. The hidden homeownership welfare state: An international long-term perspective on the tax treatment of homeowners (Journal of Public Policy, 2022)

Data: Homeowner taxation items, panel 1901-2020, see Harvard Dataverse

7. Social policy or crowing out? Tenant-protection in comparative long-run perspective

Data: Tenancy regulation indices, panel 1914-2020, more than 100 countries, data access

8 Historical party manifestos

Data: 4 countries, since 1880, clean full texts, data access