A life cycle analysis of housing affordability options for first home owner-occupiers in Australia

Economic Record

Volumn 81, Issue 254, 2005, Pages 237-248

  Guest, Ross S ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE; OWNERSHIP;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 29144457572     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2005.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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