Description |
1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Housing and urban policy studies, 0926-6240 ; 31 |
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Housing and urban policy studies ; 31
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Contents |
Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Security and insecurity aspects of home ownership -- A cross-country analysis -- Introduction -- The importance of home ownership for individuals and society at large -- Security and insecurity aspects of home ownership -- Structure of the book -- Housing and finance markets and the institutional context in Europe -- Introduction -- Demography: trends and prospects -- Labour markets and social security -- Institutional context -- Housing markets -- Finance markets -- A cross-country comparison |
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Home ownership and economic transition -- Hungary as a case studyIntroduction -- Macroeconomic changes and changes in the welfare regimes -- The tenure structure of the housing stock in Central and Eastern European countries -- Housing markets in Hungary and other Central and Eastern European countries -- Conclusion -- The social dimension of home ownership -- Who is getting in and who is staying out? -- Introduction -- Tenure choice: theoretical background and literature review -- Tenure choice: an empirical test using Swedish data |
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Home ownership in Europe: who are the owners and what are the economic conditions?Changes in home ownership across Europe -- Conclusion -- Home ownership and labour market participation of younger people -- Introduction -- The life-cycle consumption hypothesis -- Tenure choice, equity and employment of younger households in Sweden -- Younger women, home ownership and labour force participation -- Conclusions -- Early retirement and home ownership -- Introduction -- Income sources of pensioners and the labour market of older employees in European countries |
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Pension systems in European countriesRetirement decisions -- Macroeconomic model of early retirement behaviour -- Microeconomic analysis of early retirement behaviour -- Conclusion -- Home ownership, self-employment and investment -- Introduction -- Self-employment, investment and capital market failures -- Self-employment and home ownership -- Investment and home ownership -- Conclusion -- Privatisation of the housing stock in Hungary -- Introduction -- Privatisation of the Hungarian housing stock: aims and outcomes -- Policy and institutional changes |
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Factors affecting home ownershipThe consequences of privatisation -- Summary and conclusions -- Insecurity aspects of home ownership -- Introduction -- Repayment risk of European home owners: the influence of economic and institutional factors -- An analysis of households with mortgage arrears -- Discussion -- The social limits to growth -- The security and insecurity aspects of home ownership -- Introduction -- Discussion of main findings -- What are the (social) limits to home ownership? -- Directions for further research -- References -- Contributors |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-200) |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Home ownership -- Economic aspects -- European Union countries
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Home ownership -- Social aspects -- European Union countries
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Home ownership -- Economic aspects
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Home ownership -- Social aspects
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European Union countries
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Horsewood, N. (Nick)
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Neuteboom, Peter
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ISBN |
9781607505891 |
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1607505894 |
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1282880349 |
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9781282880344 |
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9786612880346 |
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6612880341 |
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