Adverse Health Effects of the Housing Crisis

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Adverse Health Effects of the Housing Crisis

Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 2:15 PM–3:45 PM PDT

Windsor Room (Breakout Session D)

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Short Abstract

This paper uses data from the PSID for 2007-2009 to investigate whether the decline in home values and having difficulty with mortgage caused adverse health effects. We use four measures of health status including self-reported health status, health conditions, severe health conditions and psychological stress. Our results show that homeowners report deteriorating health status and higher psychological stress if their housing wealth decreased. Homeowners experiencing difficulty with mortgage also report higher psychological stress.

Corresponding Author

Tansel Yilmazer, Ph.D., Ohio State University

Job Title

Assistant Professor

City & State (or Province & Country)

Columbus, OH

Additional Authors

Fen Liu, Ohio State University

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Graduate Student

City & State (or Province & Country)

Columbus, OH

2013 Conference

April 10–12, 2013

The Benson Hotel, Portland, Oregon

This section lists poster sessions as well as concurrent sessions by day, time, and room. Concurrent sessions have multiple presentations. You may search by title, author names, or keyword. A Schedule-at-a-Glance is posted on the Website and will provide the overview. This is the detail.