Browsing Norges Banks vitenarkiv by Author "Halvorsen, Elin"

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    • Debt and Household Consumption Responses 

      Fagereng, Andreas; Halvorsen, Elin (Staff Memo;1/2016, Working paper, 2016)
      Norwegian households’ levels of housing wealth have since the banking crisis of the 90s become an ever more dominant part of households’ portfolios. Low interest rates and easy access to mortgages have contributed to both ...

    • Getting a Foot on the Housing Ladder: The Role of Parents in Giving a Leg-Up 

      Halvorsen, Elin; Lindquist, Kjersti-Gro (Working Papers;19/2017, Working paper, 2017)
      In this paper we question whether parental resources are important for first-time buyers? We find a nuanced set of results. First, when parents help out financially, it clearly increases the probability of entering the ...