Home ownership and social mobility

Joanne Blanden and Stephen Machin

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Abstract: There is much talk about the difficulties that many young people in Britain face in trying to acquire their first home. Research by Jo Blanden and Stephen Machin explores the links between home ownership and social mobility, and finds evidence of wealth inequality being increasingly transmitted between the generations.

Keywords: housing; intergenerational mobility; cohorts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J11 J62 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-07
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