Wealth and Homeownership: Women, Men and Families

by Mariacristina Rossi, Eva M. Sierminska

Overview

In almost every country, wealth is predominantly constituted by housing equity, but what are the possible risks and how does wealth accumulation vary across countries? In this timely book, Rossi and Sierminska analyse the complex relationship between gender, wealth and homeownership. By providing a conceptual framework to insert homeownership and housing decisions within an economic rationale, the authors explore how gender and family types have shaped wealth accumulation and homeownership.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319925578
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	08/28/2018
Edition description:	1st ed. 2018
Pages:	122
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mariacristina Rossi is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Turin, Italy and senior researcher at CeRP-CCA. Her research interests include intertemporal saving and consumption choices, household finance, development and gender economics.

Eva M. Sierminska is Senior Researcher at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, Luxembourg and Research Fellow at IZA, DIW Berlin and GLO. She is a labor economist and has extensive research experience in the area of labor markets, inequality, household finance and population economics.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction and Conceptual Framework.- Chapter 2: Wealth Variation Across Countries.- Chapter 3: Families and Housing Decisions: A Look Across OECD Countries.- Chapter 4: Homeownership and Wealth Accumulation.- Concluding Remarks.