The dynamics of long-term subletting : Evidence from apartment-seeking university students in Sweden

Theo Herold; Fredrik Kopsch

The dynamics of long-term subletting : Evidence from apartment-seeking university students in Sweden

Theo Herold, Fredrik Kopsch

Helsinki GSE, Helsinki

Lund University

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Abstract

Due to stringent regulation on the Swedish primary rental market, many individuals
turn to long-term sublets to satisfy their housing demand. A lack of accessible data
has made study of this market difficult. Using a unique dataset, we exploit weekly
temporal variation over multiple treatment windows to analyze rent levels around the start of the Swedish university semester. We uncover strong effects, with monthly rent increasing between 3.31 percent and 4.22 percent during the treatment period. The effects peak immediately after the university semester has started and are concentrated to the tails of the distribution of living space. The results are robust to a range of alternative specifications and sample sizes.

Original language	English

Place of Publication	Helsinki
Publisher	Helsinki GSE
Number of pages	54
ISBN (Electronic)	978-952-7543-16-0
Publication status	Published - 2023
MoE publication type	D4 Published development or research report or study

Publication series

Name	Helsinki GSE Discussion Papers
Publisher	Helsinki Graduate School of Economics
No.	17/2023
ISSN (Print)	2954-1492

Keywords

511 Economics

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Paper presentation, 11th Annual Malmö Real Estate Research Conference
Theo Herold (Speaker) & Fredrik Kopsch (Speaker)
05.05.2022
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The dynamics of long-term subletting : Evidence from apartment-seeking university students in Sweden

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