A portrait of immigrant children's housing experiences in Italy

Housing Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 559-584

  Barban, Nicola ^a   Dalla Zuanna, Gianpiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Homeownership; Housing tenure; Immigrant assimilation; Migration; Proximity to relatives; Spaciousness

Indexed keywords

CHILD; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; HOUSING PROVISION; IMMIGRANT; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; RENT SEEKING;

ITALY;

EID: 77952663871     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673031003712053     Document Type: Article

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