Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società

Housing Wealth Regimes

Seminario con Nora Waitkus, University of Heidelberg & London School of Economics

Chair Filippo Barbera
Discussant Camilla Borgna

Organizzato da Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società - Laboratorio di Analisi Sociologica "Nicola Negri"

Il seminario sarà tenuto in lingua inglese

28 marzo 2025 ore 11.30
Torino, CLE, Aula 3D233

This study addresses the drivers of housing equity and inequality across 35 countries, an issue closely linked to rising wealth inequality. Although previous research has identified housing equity as a major factor in national wealth inequality, the specific drivers of housing inequality across countries remain underexplored. Our study bridges this gap by integrating comparative housing and stratification research to analyze how different population groups contribute to housing wealth disparities. Drawing on harmonized data from the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) and the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) from 1995 to 2022, we assess wealth, housing assets, debt, and socio-demographic factors to understand housing wealth inequality.

The study begins by computing distributional and variance measures to validate our findings against prior studies, ensuring that the harmonization of LWS and HFCS data captures consistent patterns. We cross-verify our results with established typologies and regime theories to classify housing wealth regimes and observe differences in housing equity across welfare states. We then move to the micro level and our analysis further reveals how inequalities in housing wealth evolve along the distribution of wealth. Our findings provide a reorientation of comparative housing studies and social stratification, illuminating how housing wealth regimes differ across countries and how these differences contribute to broader wealth inequality.