Asset wealth and asset decumulation among households in the retirement survey

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-174

  Disney, Richard ^a,b   Johnson, Paul ^a   Stears, Gary ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000776304     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.1998.tb00282.x     Document Type: Article

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