The dynamics of homeownership among the 50+ in Europe

Agar Brugiavini [1], Viola Angelini [2], Guglielmo Weber [3], Mon, 03/12/2012

In January the UK government launched an initiative to help the elderly downsize into smaller homes – and provoked the ire of pensioner groups nationwide. This reluctance to downsize to among the elderly perplexes economists, who maintain that leveraging housing wealth can help pensioners maintain a good standard of living on a fixed income. CEPR DP8889 investigates what is behind European pensioners’ puzzling housing decisions.

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URL: http://www.cepr.org/DP8889 [9]

Topics: Europe's nations and regions [10] Poverty and income inequality [11] Welfare state and social Europe [12]

Tags: housing [13], life events [14], Retirement [15]

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[2] https://voxeu.org/user/221908
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[4] https://voxeu.org/sites/default/files/file/DP8889.pdf
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[9] http://www.cepr.org/DP8889
[10] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/europes-nations-and-regions
[11] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/poverty-and-income-inequality
[12] https://voxeu.org/content/topics/welfare-state-and-social-europe
[13] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/167
[14] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/703
[15] https://voxeu.org/taxonomy/term/3256