Marital history and home ownership: Evidence from Australia

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-24

  Hendershott, Patric H ^a   Ong, Rachel ^b   Wood, Gavin A ^c   Flatau, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affordability; Divorce; Home ownership; Marital status; Relative cost; Remarriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249182342     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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