Economic Hardship, Housing Cost Burden and Tenure Status: Evidence from EU-SILC

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 531-556

  Deidda, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Financial distress; Household finance; Housing cost burden; Tenure status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944177894     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-014-9431-2     Document Type: Article

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