Means testing and the heterogeneity of housing assets: Funding long-term care in Spain

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 543-559

  Costa Font, Joan ^a   Mascarilla Miró, Oscar ^a   Elvira, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Housing assets; Long term care; Long term care insurance; Means testing; Regional heterogeneity; Self insurance; Spain

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; HETEROGENEITY; HOUSING; INCOME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33748270880     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2006.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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