TY - BOOK ID - 10626270 TI - Home ownership and social inequality in comparative perspective AU - Kurz, Karin. AU - Blossfeld, Hans-Peter. PY - 2004 SN - 0804748519 0804767246 142948229X 9781429482295 9780804767248 9780804748513 PB - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Home ownership KW - Social stratification KW - Business & Economics KW - Real Estate, Housing & Land Use KW - Home ownership. KW - Social stratification. KW - #SBIB:316.8H15 KW - #SBIB:303H34 KW - #SBIB:316.334.5U10 KW - Welzijns- en sociale problemen: sociale ongelijkheid en armoede KW - Kwalitatieve methoden: grondige gevallenstudie, casework, social work KW - Sociologie van stad en platteland: wonen en huisvesting KW - Stratification, Social KW - Ownership of homes KW - Equality KW - Social structure KW - Social classes KW - Housing KW - Real estate business KW - House buying UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:10626270 AB - Although a strong indicator of social status, home ownership has rarely emerged as a topic in social inequality research. This book compares twelve countries—the United States, Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Israel—to determine the interdependence of social inequality and homeownership attainment over the life course. Examining countries that are similar with respect to socioeconomic development, but different in regard to their housing policies, the authors show that housing policies matter and are largely consistent with a country’s general approach in the provision of welfare. This book presents a valuable contribution to the social stratification literature, which traditionally has neglected the dimension of home ownership. It goes beyond most housing studies by adopting a life-course framework and longitudinal approach. The empirical findings provide evidence that in all countries under study—even those of the social democratic welfare regime type—labor market position matters in one’s chances to become a homeowner. ER -