Homeownership in later life - Does divorce matter?

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-42

  Dewilde, Caroline ^a   Stier, Haya ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Consequences of divorce; Homeownership; Housing regimes; Life courses; Well being in later life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899704380     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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