Does home ownership vary by sexual orientation?

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-315

  Jepsen, Christopher ^a   Jepsen, Lisa K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Home ownership; Housing demand; Marriage; Same sex couples

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOMOSEXUALITY; MARRIAGE;

EID: 61349142414     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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