Using the first wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), a large micro-level dataset on … household characteristics and asset holding patterns. Real assets make up the bulk of total assets. Whereas ownership of the … wealth (and income). The significance of inheritances for home ownership and holding of other real estate is remarkable. We …

Using the first wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), a large micro-level dataset on … household characteristics and asset holding patterns. Real assets make up the bulk of total assets. Whereas ownership of the … wealth (and income). The significance of inheritances for home ownership and holding of other real estate is remarkable. We …

Cross-country differences in homeownership rates are large and persistent over time, with homeownership rates ranging … across generations-may value homeownership differently, and could thus be a driving demand factor of the homeownership … decision. To isolate the effect of cultural preferences regarding homeownership from the impact of other economic factors, we …

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-makers interested in wealth will find much of interest in this book …? In this timely book, Rossi and Sierminska analyse the complex relationship between gender, wealth and homeownership. By …