This paper reviews the literature that describes the micro-level economic and social
consequences of homeownership. We adopt an interdisciplinary approach and include …

Standard homo economicus lives in a world of complete markets and maximizes utility which
is a function of his personal consumption. This approximation cannot account for parents …

Examining how youths in fourteen industrialized societies make the transition to adulthood
in an era of globalization and rising uncertainty, this collection of essays investigates the …

In the context of poorly performing national economies and sustained employment insecurity
since the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2008, various UK and US studies have suggested …

While in many African countries open unemployment is largely confined to urban areas and
thus overall rates are quite low, in South Africa open unemployment rates hover around …

This paper demonstrates that the option to move in and out of the parental home is a
valuable insurance channel against labor market risk, which facilitates the pursuit of jobs …

The migration of young people from rural areas is common in all agricultural regions of
Russia, and Altai Krai, located in southwestern Siberia, is no exception. Out-migration …

This paper examines the factors influencing young people's decision to leave the parental
home, focusing on the role of income: the young person's own income, and the income of his …

An economic theory of young people's decision to live apart from parents is presented and
used to structure econometric analyses of the processes of leaving the parental home and …

This article studies the association between social norms and the timing of leaving home.
Although largely overlooked by most recent studies on leaving home, life-course theory …