Costa-Font, Joan 
ORCID: 0000-0001-7174-7919, Gil, Joan and Mascarilla-Miró, Oscar
(2010)
Housing wealth and housing decisions in old age: sale and reversion.
Housing Studies, 25 (3).
pp. 375-395.
ISSN 0267-3037
Abstract
Population ageing brings new challenges to long-term household economic decisions. In the event of old-age dependency, housing assets become a key self-insurance device. However, little empirical evidence has been reported regarding an individual's expectations of having to use their housing wealth for such a purpose. This paper draws upon two complementary data sources to empirically examine: (1) the influence of housing assets on an individual's willingness-to-sell (WTS) their dwelling for care purposes, and (2) the willingness to take out a reverse mortgage contract loan in the event of old-age dependency. The paper's findings suggest that homeowners' WTS in old age is unaffected by their income or housing assets and is, rather, determined by socio-environmental housing characteristics and the individual's health and personal needs. Conversely, the study finds that the uptake of home reversion loans is largely dependent on income or education, but not on a household's housing assets.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/chos |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 Taylor & Francis |
| Divisions: | Social Policy European Institute LSE Health Health Policy |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2010 13:45 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2024 20:54 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/27838 |
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