Do the elderly reduce housing equity? An international comparison

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 643-663

  Chiuri, Maria Concetta ^a   Jappelli, Tullio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Homeownership; Wealth decumulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749101878     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-008-0217-4     Document Type: Article

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