The demand for urban housing in the Ivory Coast
Grootaert, Christiaan | Dubois, Jean-Luc
During recent years the large African cities have known a very strong population growth. The satisfaction of housing needs has therefore become a public priority in many countries. This paper contains the first systematic estimates of the income and price elasticities of the demand for urban housing in the Ivory Coast. An integrated model of the choice of tenancy status and the demand for housing is presented and estimated. Also estimated is a multinomial logit model of the choice of type of accommodation. The paper also addresses two methodological issues: (i) is there any evidence of selectivity bias in the estimation of housing demand equations, and, if so, to what extent does a correction of this bias affect estimated elasticities; and (ii) how sensitive are estimated elasticities to the functional form chosen for demand equations?
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