In the UK, house prices have been rising over a long period, notwithstanding the disruption
caused by the financial crisis, creating growing concerns about affordability particularly for …

China is facing great challenges in providing decent living conditions for the elderly. The
effects of housing wealth and the social welfare system on elderly households' consumption …

The transformations in the welfare state regimes that have occurred globally, over the last
three decades or so, have seriously affected the capacity of states to sustain the previous …

Housing has become the most important asset held by a large proportion of China's older
citizens. Therefore, the role of housing wealth in the consumption decisions of the elderly is …

The economic life-cycle model assumes that households spread their income as well as
possible over the life cycle (Deaton, 1992). They accumulate wealth throughout the life cycle …

Relatively few Americans have accumulated substantial savings outside of their employer-
sponsored retirement plans, yet most own their homes. The traditional view of the retirement …

This research considers the significant fall in house prices that homeowners in Northern
Ireland experienced following the financial crisis that unfurled from 2007/8. Specifically, the …

Abstract In the Czech Republic, buying housing is regarded as a way of attaining financial
security in old age. People are, however, wary about using Housing-Asset-Based Welfare …

Dutch policy-making has been framed by simultaneous efforts aimed at reforming the social
care system and initiating an ambitious sustainable retrofitting programme of housing. In …

While the private rented sector has been abundantly discussed in Western European
countries, its role and manner of functioning in the post-socialist Central and Eastern …