The household, household economics and housing

Abstract It is clear that in the 1990s the literature on the housing related aspects of the household and household economics has grown and diversified. Progress is being made in the development of theory, conceptualisation and micro‐studies. This paper is set in the foregoing context and it adds ideas and new dimensions to the value of work done by children and those who contribute to human capital formation in the home, especially women. Various themes and arguments indicate directions for new research agendas, for the changing forms of the use of housing for self‐education and labour market activities, and for new ideas in housing welfare.

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