Housing values of adult children and their parents. Is the quality of housing transmitted between generations?

Housing Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-481

  Smits, Annika ^a   Michielin, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Housing quality; Housing value; Intergenerational transmission; Population register; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

CHILD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING MARKET; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77952592258     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673031003711501     Document Type: Article

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