Household projections and housing needs in Thailand

Abstract

The objectives of this report are as follows. 1-To predict the number of households and housing requirements at 5-year intervals over the 1985-2015 period. 2-To predict housing needs, assuming various income elasticity of demand for housing and economic growth over the same time periods. 3-To forcast the residential construction expenditures required to meet the future housing requirements. 4-To examine the economic impacts of changes in housing expenditures on the economy by employing a social accounting matrix for Thailand in 1981.