Why Is Homeownership Associated With Nonfinancial Benefits? A Path Analysis of Competing Mechanisms

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 263-288

  Lindblad, Mark R ^a   Quercia, Roberto G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

home equity; housing; mobility; renters; social impacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926421100     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2014.956776     Document Type: Article

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