Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35076 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3546
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
While several social, economic and financial indicators point to a growing convergence among European countries, striking differences still emerge in the timing of leaving home for adult children. In Southern countries (as Spain, Italy or Portugal) in 2001 more than 70 percent of young adults between 18 and 34 years of age live with their parents, whereas the corresponding number for Northern countries (like Denmark or the UK) is well below 40 percent. Existing literature highlights several factors explaining the different patterns in Europe: preferences and culture, labor market conditions, housing market as well as differences across the welfare states. In our work, we consider living arrangements of people 18-34 years old from 14 European countries (ECHP). We augment the informational content with indicators of labor, housing and marriage markets characteristics as well as proxy for the welfare states and culture. We investigate how they are intertwined with gender differences.
Subjects: 
Living arrangements
duration analysis
government expenditures
JEL: 
J13
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
337.12 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.