The social benefits of homeownership: Empirical evidence from national surveys

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-35

  Rossi, Peter H ^a   Weber, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; Homeownership; Rental housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002185761     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.1996.9521212     Document Type: Article

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