The immobility of social tenants: Is it true? Does it matter?

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 705-726

  Cho, Youngha ^a   Whitehead, Christine ^b,c  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Housing tenure; Labour mobility; Residential mobility; Social rented sector

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; HOUSING MARKET; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL HOUSING; TENURE SYSTEM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84885840623     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-012-9331-4     Document Type: Article

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