The Social limits to growth [[electronic resource] ] : security and insecurity aspects of home ownership / / Nick Horsewood, Peter Neuteboom (eds.)

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459504503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, : IOS Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-282-88034-9; 9786612880346; 1-60750-589-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Collana: Housing and urban policy studies, , 0926-6240 ; ; 31
• Altri autori (Persone): HorsewoodN (Nick); NeuteboomPeter
• Disciplina: 333.33/8
• Soggetti: Home ownership - Economic aspects - European Union countries; Home ownership - Social aspects - European Union countries; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-200).
• Nota di contenuto: ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Security and insecurity aspects of home ownership - A cross-country analysis""; ""Introduction""; ""The importance of home ownership for individuals and society at large""; ""Security and insecurity aspects of home ownership""; ""Structure of the book""; ""Housing and finance markets and the institutional context in Europe""; ""Introduction""; ""Demography: trends and prospects""; ""Labour markets and social security""; ""Institutional context""; ""Housing markets""; ""Finance markets""; ""A cross-country comparison""; ""Home ownership and economic transition - Hungary as a case study""""Introduction""; ""Macroeconomic changes and changes in the welfare regimes""; ""The tenure structure of the housing stock in Central and Eastern European countries""; ""Housing markets in Hungary and other Central and Eastern European countries""; ""Conclusion""; ""The social dimension of home ownership - Who is getting in and who is staying out?""; ""Introduction""; ""Tenure choice: theoretical background and literature review""; ""Tenure choice: an ; empirical test using Swedish data""; ""Home ownership in Europe: who are the owners and what are the economic conditions?""""Changes in home ownership across Europe""; ""Conclusion""; ""Home ownership and labour market participation of younger people""; ""Introduction""; ""The life-cycle consumption hypothesis""; ""Tenure choice, equity and employment of younger households in Sweden""; ""Younger women, home ownership and labour force participation""; ""Conclusions""; ""Early retirement and home ownership""; ""Introduction""; ""Income sources of pensioners and the labour market of older employees in European countries""; ""Pension systems in European countries""""Retirement decisions""; ""Macroeconomic model of early retirement behaviour""; ""Microeconomic analysis of early retirement behaviour""; ""Conclusion""; ""Home ownership, self-employment and investment""; ""Introduction""; ""Self-employment, investment and capital market failures""; ""Self-employment and home ownership""; ""Investment and home ownership""; ""Conclusion""; ""Privatisation of the housing stock in Hungary""; ""Introduction""; ""Privatisation of the Hungarian housing stock: aims and outcomes""; ""Policy and institutional changes""; ""Factors affecting home ownership""""The consequences of privatisation""; ""Summary and conclusions""; ""Insecurity aspects of home ownership""; ""Introduction""; ""Repayment risk of European home owners: the influence of economic and institutional factors""; ""An analysis of households with mortgage arrears""; ""Discussion""; ""The social limits to growth - The security and insecurity aspects of home ownership""; ""Introduction""; ""Discussion of main findings""; ""What are the (social) limits to home ownership?""; ""Directions for further research""; ""References""; ""Contributors""