Research Article

Testing Estimates of Housing Cost Differences among US Metropolitan Areas

Table 7

Predicting the proxy with controls and housing cost Measure A to Measure F, recent movers in ACCRA sample.

Just controlsMeasure AMeasure BMeasure CMeasure DMeasure EMeasure F

Constant3.599*3.607*3.707*3.759*3.645*3.638*3.611*
(0.384)(0.388)(0.383)(0.365)(0.310)(0.394)(0.403)
Housing cost measure−0.045−0.387−0.544*−1.054*−0.169−0.017
(0.217)(0.214)(0.164)(0.159)(0.357)(0.160)
Average household income ($1,000s)0.018*0.019*0.024*0.022*0.038*0.020*0.018*
(0.004)(0.006)(0.005)(0.004)(0.005)(0.006)(0.004)
Average household size0.427*0.423*0.380*0.437*0.278*0.419*0.426*
(0.117)(0.118)(0.118)(0.110)(0.097)(0.118)(0.117)
Proportion of population black−0.257−0.271−0.397−0.334−0.315−0.274−0.259
(0.231)(0.242)(0.240)(0.219)(0.187)(0.235)(0.233)
Proportion of population Asian−9.215*−9.082*−7.720*−6.166*−3.923*−8.840*−9.076*
(1.415)(1.559)(1.622)(1.621)(1.396)(1.629)(1.929)
Proportion of population Hispanic−1.550*−1.546*−1.438*−1.567*−0.982*−1.520*−1.550*
(0.254)(0.256)(0.258)(0.240)(0.223)(0.263)(0.256)
Proportion of population immigrated in the last 10 years−2.054*−2.017*−1.968*−1.909*−0.618−1.944*−2.061*
(0.824)(0.847)(0.814)(0.778)(0.700)(0.860)(0.832)

-squared0.7640.7640.7730.7930.8480.7640.764
Standard error of estimate0.1950.1960.1920.1840.1570.1960.196
Metropolitan areas in sample87878787878787