On the negative relationship between labor income uncertainty and homeownership: Risk-aversion vs. credit constraints

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-126

  Diaz Serrano, Luis ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Credit constraints; Homeownership; Labor income uncertainty; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844546329     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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