A Note on Occupancy Turnover in Rental Housing Units
研究了家庭生命周期对城市内住户迁移的影响，并分析了搬家成本和房东入住率更替成本如何影响对现有租户的租金定价，发现房东会提供长期租金折扣以减少更替，且折扣力度随房屋年龄变化。
Occupancy turnover results from household mobility. The importance of life‐cycle effects on intra‐urban household migration are emphasized, just as have other studies on the subject. In addition, the analysis explicitly addresses the role of household moving costs and landlord occupancy turnover costs as they affect rents charged existing tenants. The empirical results indicate that landlords grant existing tenants long‐term rent discounts to reduce occupancy turnover and further suggest that the incentives of landlords to reduce turnover vary based on the age of the housing unit. The results are of special significance in the evaluation of community development programs.