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The Interplay Between the Upward Trend in Home-Ownership and Income Inequality in Advanced Welfare Democracies

Objective

This research project is the first comprehensive interdisciplinary study into the so far unrecognised interplay between two major social trends of the post-war period: the upward trend in income inequality, and the increase of owner-occupation. Using a comparative perspective, the project aims at constructing a unified account by means of a systematic analysis of: 1) the ‘driving’ forces of both social trends; 2) the ways in which the upswing in income inequality and the expansion of home-ownership might reinforce or counteract each other and hence lead to a redistribution of social and economic risks; 3) how the statistical relationships between variables at the macro-level play out in diverse institutional settings, looking through a more in-depth historical-comparative lens; 4) how the macro-level relationships between both social trends are negotiated by households and individuals as their housing, labour market and family trajectories unfold; 5) how households and individuals negotiate between their perceptions of the economic benefits and risks associated with home-ownership and the ‘real-life’-opportunities and constraints; and 6) how these norms have changed over time as a result of increased income inequality and/or increasing home-ownership rates.
Answers will be provided by means of an innovative multi-method and cross-nationally comparative research design. In four subprojects, I will look at these issues through various lenses, using diverse methods of analysis. I take a longitudinal-historical approach, focussing on the post-war era. My scope ranges from large-scale quantitative analysis of country-level data and of individual retrospective and prospective housing, labour and family trajectories to a comparative in-depth case study of institutional developments in a selection of countries. Different analytical approaches are combined in all proposed subprojects.

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ERC-2011-StG_20101124
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Host institution

TILBURG UNIVERSITY- UNIVERSITEIT VAN TILBURG
EU contribution
€ 1 125 384,64
Address
WARANDELAAN 2
5037 AB Tilburg
Netherlands

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Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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