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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792269103321

Titolo

Homeownership and the labour market in Europe [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Casper van Ewijk and Michiel van Leuvensteijn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-05329-9

9786612053290

0-19-156251-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Classificazione

83.61

Altri autori (Persone)

EwijkCasper van

LeuvensteijnMichiel van

Disciplina

331.12094

331.12794

Soggetti

Home ownership - Europe

Labor market - Europe

Housing - Europe

Unemployment - Europe

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction and Policy Implications; Part I. Theory and Empirics; 1. Housing, Mobility, and Unemployment; 2. The Housing Market and Europe's Unemployment: A Non-technical Paper; 3. Homeownership, Social Renting, and Labour Mobility across Europe; Part II. Country Studies: Unemployment and Homeownership; 4. Are Homeowners Really More Unemployed?; 5. The Impact of Homeownership on Unemployment in the Netherlands; 6. Do Homeowners Stay Unemployed Longer? Evidence Based on French Data; Part III. Country Studies: Job Mobility and Homeownership

7. Housing Tenure, Job Mobility, and Unemployment in the UK8. The Effect of Homeownership on Labour Mobility in the Netherlands; 9. Homeownership, Job Duration, and Wages; 10. Family Migration and Labour Market Outcomes: A Panel Investigation; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Increasing labour market flexibility is at the top of the European agenda. A new and challenging view is that lack of mobility in the



labour market may arise from rigidities in the housing market. This book brings together top European economists to analyse the interaction between housing and labour markets and provides clear policy messages. - ;Increasing labour market flexibility is at the top of the European agenda. A new and challenging view is a lack of mobility in the labour market may arise from rigidities in the housing market. The research in this book has been inspired by the intrigu