Bičáková, Alena; Sierminska, Eva - 2008 - This version: February 2008
relate it to cross-country differences in mortgage market maturity. We find that aside from Italy, homeownership rates and … inequality in the four countries correspond to their mortgage take up rates and its distribution across income, reflecting the … different degree of development of their respective mortgage markets. In Italy, alternative ways of financing, such as family …
