Housing Assets and Pension: Decision Making within Couples

Jim Ogg; Catherine Bonvalet; Rémi Gallou

Housing Assets and Pension: Decision Making within Couples
Suivre cet auteur Jim Ogg, Suivre cet auteur Catherine Bonvalet, Suivre cet auteur Rémi Gallou
In Retraite et société Volume 62, Issue 1, January 2012, pages 59 to 78

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Choices concerning the accumulation of assets form one of the most important components of decision-making within couples. Through retracing the residential trajectories of couples, the aim of this paper is to understand what happens to housing assets (or what happened) during the passage to retirement. Twenty-four qualitative interviews were undertaken in 2010, with each member of the couple interviewed separately. The analysis reveals the process of negotiation between couples resulting from different types of conjugal relations, the influence of separate family histories, social class and gender identity. For the most recent cohorts, the increasing participation of women in the labour market has been a factor that has restructured relationships between couples. Increasingly independent, these women have more active roles in the management of housing assets, relocation decisions and the type of housing chosen. In addition, they are increasingly involved in retirement planning in the context of future uncertainties linked to growing old.

Jim Ogg

Catherine Bonvalet

Rémi Gallou

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ISO 690		Copy OGG Jim, BONVALET Catherine, GALLOU Rémi, "Housing Assets and Pension: Decision Making within Couples", Retraite et société, 2012/1 (No 62), p. 59-78. URL: https://preprod.cairn-int.info/journal-retraite-et-societe1-2012-1-page-59.htm
ISO 690		Copy OGG Jim, BONVALET Catherine, GALLOU Rémi, « Patrimoine immobilier et retraite : regard sur les couples », Retraite et société, 2012/1 (n° 62), p. 59-78. DOI : 10.3917/rs.062.0059. URL : https://preprod.cairn.info/revue-retraite-et-societe1-2012-1-page-59.htm
MLA		Copy Ogg, Jim, Catherine Bonvalet, et Rémi Gallou. "Housing Assets and Pension: Decision Making within Couples", Retraite et société, vol. 62, no. 1, 2012, pp. 59-78.
MLA		Copy Ogg, Jim, Catherine Bonvalet, et Rémi Gallou. « Patrimoine immobilier et retraite : regard sur les couples », Retraite et société, vol. 62, no. 1, 2012, pp. 59-78.
APA		Copy Ogg, J., Bonvalet, C. & Gallou, R. (2012). Housing Assets and Pension: Decision Making within Couples. Retraite et société, 62, 59-78. https://preprod.cairn-int.info/journal--2012-1-page-59.htm.
APA		Copy Ogg, J., Bonvalet, C. & Gallou, R. (2012). Patrimoine immobilier et retraite : regard sur les couples. Retraite et société, 62, 59-78. https://doi.org/10.3917/rs.062.0059
DOI		Copy https://doi.org/10.3917/rs.062.0059

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