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Changes in the Distribution of Housing Wealth in Great Britain, 1985‐91

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The second half of the 1980s was a particularly turbulent time for the British housing market, during which time sizeable real capital gains accrued to owner‐occupiers, particularly those who were already owner‐occupiers at the start of this period. The paper constructs housing wealth estimates disaggregated by household from the 1985 GHS and 1991 BHPS Wave 1 in order to explain the distributional consequences of the housing market experience. The paper finds that there has been a modest increase in housing wealth inequality, but one that is more pronounced for gross housing wealth compared with equity. This growth has been offset by the growth in owner‐occupation and the benefits of the council house right‐to‐buy scheme.

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  • Andrew Henley, 1998. "Changes in the Distribution of Housing Wealth in Great Britain, 1985‐91," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 65(259), pages 363-380, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:econom:v:65:y:1998:i:259:p:363-380
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00134
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