Summary
Contents
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This Handbook elucidates and critically appraises the key issues within housing studies from a multi-disciplinary framework. It looks at ideas from a retrospective approach, but also analyzes the future directions of research and theory in the area demonstrating how the study of housing can contribute to wider debates in the social sciences. The book comes with a comprehensive introductory chapter and individual chapter introductions. It is divided into four parts: markets; approaches; context; and policy. With an international team of contributors, the Handbook is a stimulating, wide-ranging read that will be a useful source and reference for academics and researchers in geography, urban studies, sociology, social policy, economics, and political science.
Housing and the Economy
Housing and the Economy
Introduction
Only recently have mainstream economists considered housing to be of importance for the macro economy. In most developed economies, housing investment typically comprises a modest 3–4% of gross domestic product (GDP). Therefore any changes to housing would need to be very large ...
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