Wealth and Homeownership Women, Men and Families /

• Main Authors: Rossi, Mariacristina (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sierminska, Eva M. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Culture-Economic aspects.; Investment banking.; Securities.; Personal finance.; Pension plans.; Welfare economics.; Population.; Gender and Economics.; Investments and Securities.; Personal Finance/Wealth Management/Pension Planning.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.; Population Economics.

'Recently, economists studying wellbeing have widened their lenses beyond income to include wealth. Here, economists Rossi and Sierminska tap new high-quality datasets to assess how wealth and homeownership vary across countries, over time, and among household types. Economists and policy-maker...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction and Conceptual Framework
• Chapter 2: Wealth Variation Across Countries
• Chapter 3: Families and Housing Decisions: A Look Across OECD Countries
• Chapter 4: Homeownership and Wealth Accumulation
• Concluding Remarks.