Demographic change and housing wealth : homeowners, pensions and asset-based welfare in Europe
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Bibliographic Information
Demographic change and housing wealth : homeowners, pensions and asset-based welfare in Europe
Springer, 2013
- : [pbk.]
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Other contributors: József Hegedüs, Nick Horsewood, Deborah Quilgars, Richard Ronald, Hanna Szemzo, Nóra Teller, Janneke Toussaint
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Across the EU, populations are shrinking and ageing. An increasing burden is being placed on a smaller working population to generate the taxes required for pensions and care costs. Welfare states are weakening in many countries and across Europe, households are being increasingly expected to plan for their retirement and future care needs within this risky environment. At the same time, the proportion of people buying their own home in most countries has risen, so that some two-thirds of European households now own their homes. Housing equity now considerably exceeds total European GDP.
This book discusses questions like: to what extent might home ownership provide a potential cure for some of the consequences of ageing populations by realizing housing equity in order to meet the consumption needs of older people? What does this mean for patterns of inheritance and longer-term inequalities across Europe? And to what extent are governments banking on their citizens utilising their housing wealth now and in the future?
Table of Contents
1: Issues and Approaches.- 2: Home Ownership Rates.- 3: Housing Wealth in the Household Portfolio.- 4: Housing Asset Strategies for Old Age.- 5: Home Ownership as a Pension.- 6: Lessons from East Asia.- 7: Conclusions.- References.
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