This paper investigates changes between, and inequalities within, birth-cohorts in Italy, surrounding homeownership. Italy is a homeownership and familialistic society, where in recent decades an increasing 'generational divide' in employment prospects has opened up, as a side-effect of a partial and targeted labour market deregulation. Drawing on the interplay of macro-level constraints with micro-level factors, we discuss patterns of inequality in attaining homeownership between cohorts, arising from greater instability of employment for young adults, and within cohorts, stemming from class-based patterns of intergenerational wealth transmission. Our analytical strategy combines a sequential cohort design with two levels of analysis that simultaneously consider young people around the normative age of housing independence and wealth transmission from their families triggered by their leaving the nest. Longitudinal analyses apply random-effects probit models and linear probability distributed fixed-effects to panel data from the Bank of Italy (SHIW 1989-2016). Results show a decrease in homeownership attainment across cohorts, which can be partially ascribed to employment disadvantages faced by younger cohorts. On top of this, class-specific patterns of intergenerational transmission are in place: lower classes rely on timely housing wealth transfers, whereas upper classes are prepared to provide their children with an extended stream of financial transfers.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2021.100417 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Determinants of access to health facilities among under-five children with caregiver-reported fever in the context of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Togo, 2020-2022.
Trop Med Health
March 2025
Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Background: Malaria is responsible for 580,000 deaths among children under 5, or 95% of all malaria deaths per year globally. Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) is a malaria control intervention in Togo and other African countries targeting children under 5 years old during the peak malaria transmission season. Delaying access to healthcare for children with malaria can result in serious health problems, including heightened morbidity and mortality, complications related to cerebral malaria and anemia, as well as impaired cognitive development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHIV Testing, Household and Reproductive Health Decision-Making: The Role of Women Autonomy in a Nationally Representative Study in Cambodia.
Int J MCH AIDS
January 2025
Center for Community Health and Aging, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Background And Objective: Women's autonomy plays a critical role in decision-making of health service use. This study aims to evaluate the relationship between Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing and decision-making autonomy among Cambodian women aged 15-49.
Methods: We used data from the 2021-2022 Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and our sample consisted of currently married/cohabiting women aged 15-49 ( = 13,755).
Vulnerability to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa countries. Does international trade matter?
Heliyon
February 2025
Economics and Management Research Center (CEREG), Lecturer in the Quantitative Techniques Department, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Yaoundé II, BP, 1365 Yaoundé, Cameroon.
In a global context of climate vulnerability, characterized by populations' exposure to extreme temperatures, floods, and droughts, we highlight the role of international trade in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries resilience to climate shocks. Therefore, this paper examines the direct and indirect role of international trade in climate change vulnerability using a country-time fixed effects model and a panel of 39 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2000 to 2021. The results obtained using the Two-Way Fixed Effects (TWFE) method indicate that international trade, as a vector of wealth creation, directly reduces climate change vulnerability in SSA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEnriching tuberculosis research by measuring poverty better: a perspective.
BMC Glob Public Health
February 2025
Boston Medical Center, Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA, USA.
The relationship between poverty and tuberculosis (TB) is well-documented, as socio-economic deprivation constitutes a risk factor that drives TB transmission and progression while hindering treatment adherence. Despite the importance of controlling for socio-economic status (SES) in TB research, no universally accepted tool exists to measure multidimensional poverty's impact on TB-affected households. This article provides an overview of existing SES assessment tools, including income-based measures, wealth indices like the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and the International Wealth Index (IWI), and multidimensional indices, such as the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence and determinants of HIV among reproductive-age women (15-49 years) in Africa from 2010 to 2019: a multilevel analysis of demographic and health survey data.
Front Public Health
February 2025
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains the leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. The incidence of HIV is disproportionately higher in Sub-Saharan regions, particularly the Southern African sub-region, which is the most affected region and accounts for 77% of all new HIV infections in the region. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify the determinants of HIV among reproductive-age women in Africa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!