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Levy, Brian L. Sullivan, Esther |
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Do Mobile Homes Affect Wealth? Analysis of a Cohort Entering Adulthood During the Mobile Home Boom Presented: Philadelphia PA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2018 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Housing/Housing Characteristics/Types; Life Course; Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis; Wealth Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In the past few decades, mobile homes have emerged as a key source of housing in the United States. Yet, social science offers little evidence on the impacts of long-term residency in mobile homes. This research analyzes how living in a mobile home affects a key measure of social stratification: wealth. We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1997 Cohort and a counterfactual research design to study how mobile home residency from adolescence through emerging adulthood affects wealth accumulation by age 30. We also consider racial heterogenetiy and life course pathways in mobile home effects. Results indicate that living in a mobile home has a sizable, negative relationship with wealth that is strongest for whites. Growth models of wealth suggest that this impact of long-term mobile home residency is likely causal. As a result, mobile homes appear to be an increasingly-salient contributor to inequality in America. |
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Levy, Brian L. and Esther Sullivan. "Do Mobile Homes Affect Wealth? Analysis of a Cohort Entering Adulthood During the Mobile Home Boom." Presented: Philadelphia PA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2018. |