Homeownership and the labour market in Europe / edited by Casper van Ewijk and Michiel van Leuvensteijn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Housing, mobility, and unemployment / Thomas J. Dohmen -- The housing market and Europe's unemployment : a non-technical paper / Andrew Oswald -- Homeownership, social renting, and labour mobility across Europe / Thomas de Graaff, Michiel van Leuvensteijn, Casper van Ewijk -- Are homeowners really more unemployed? / Jakob Roland Munch, Michael Rosholm, Michael Svarer -- The impact of homeownership on unemployment in the Netherlands / Aico van Vuuren -- Do homeowners stay unemployed longer? : evidence based on French data / Carole Burnet and Jean-Yves Lesueur -- Housing tenure, job mobility, and unemployment in the UK / Harminder Battu, Ada Ma, Euan Phimister -- The effect of homeownership on labour mobility in the Netherlands / Michiel van Leuvensteijn and Pierre Koning -- Homeownership, job duration, and wages / Jakob Roland Munch, Michael Rosholm, Michael Svarer -- Family migration and labour market outcomes : a panel investigation / Harminder Battu, Ada Ma, Euan Phimister.

Increasing labour market flexibility is at the top of the European agenda. A new and challenging view is that lack of mobility in the labour market may arise from rigidities in the housing market. This book brings together top European economists to analyse the interaction between housing and labour markets and provides clear policy messages. - ;Increasing labour market flexibility is at the top of the European agenda. A new and challenging view is a lack of mobility in the labour market may arise from rigidities in the housing market. The research in this book has been inspired by the intrigu.