Housing Wealth in Retirement Strategies : Towards Understanding and New Hypotheses / door Janneke Toussaint.

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Toussaint, Janneke

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TextLanguage: English Summary language: Dutch Series: Sustainable urban areasPublication details: Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (250 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781607507819
1607507811
1283289881
9781283289887

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Housing Wealth in Retirement Strategies : Towards Understanding and New Hypotheses.DDC classification:

332.024 332.02442

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HG179 .T68 2011eb

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Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Preface; Housing wealth in retirement strategies; Part I Comparative analysis; Part II The Netherlands; Samenvatting (Dutch summary); Curriculum vitae.

Dissertation note: Ph. D. Technische Universiteit Delft Summary: What is the current role of housing wealth in household retirement strategies across the European Union member states, and could this role be extended? This question is often raised by researchers and policymakers as governments search for ways to cut pensions expenditure. Owner-occupation could potentially be part of a solution as the retired are often rich in terms of housing wealth. The existing theory shows that owning one's own home can be regarded as a form of pension: once the mortgage has been repaid, housing expenses are substantially lower and housing wealth can also be cashed in, ei.

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Summary in Dutch.

Ph. D. Technische Universiteit Delft

Title Page; Contents; Preface; Housing wealth in retirement strategies; Part I Comparative analysis; Part II The Netherlands; Samenvatting (Dutch summary); Curriculum vitae.

What is the current role of housing wealth in household retirement strategies across the European Union member states, and could this role be extended? This question is often raised by researchers and policymakers as governments search for ways to cut pensions expenditure. Owner-occupation could potentially be part of a solution as the retired are often rich in terms of housing wealth. The existing theory shows that owning one's own home can be regarded as a form of pension: once the mortgage has been repaid, housing expenses are substantially lower and housing wealth can also be cashed in, ei.