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The housing wealth gap between older and younger Australians has widened alarmingly in the past 30 years. Here's why

  • Written by Rachel Ong ViforJ, ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University
The housing wealth gap between older and younger Australians has widened alarmingly in the past 30 years. Here's whyShutterstock

The housing wealth gap between younger and older Australians is undeniably growing.

Our newly published study attempts to find out how much it has grown by estimating the gap in the home equity of older people (Australians in their 50s) and younger people (Australians in their 30s) in 1997–98 and 2017–18.

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