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The Two-income Household: Relative Contribution of Earners To Housing Costs

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  • Maryann Griffin Wulff

    (Department of Social and Political Studies, Swinburne Institute of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia)

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One and two income owner-occupant households are compared with regard to their respective homeownership consumption. An analysis of over 200 husband-wife households in Adelaide, South Australia, all of whom had changed residences within the previous 15 months, reveals that the major advantage of two incomes over one income lies in saving for the housing deposit. Neither the purchase price of the house nor the weekly mortgage payments are significantly related to the additional income earned by the wife in the two income household.

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  • Maryann Griffin Wulff, 1982. "The Two-income Household: Relative Contribution of Earners To Housing Costs," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 19(4), pages 343-350, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:19:y:1982:i:4:p:343-350
    DOI: 10.1080/00420988220080571
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    1. Jacob M. Duker, 1970. "Housewife and Working-Wife Families: A Housing Comparison," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 46(2), pages 138-145.
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    1. GLUMAC Brano & CABALLE FABRA Gemma, 2018. "Housing in a Mobile World: A Definition of Flexible Housing and the Classification of Solutions," LISER Working Paper Series 2018-16, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).

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