Can housing wealth alleviate poverty among Britain's older population?

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-272

  Hancock, Ruth ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001266844     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.1998.tb00287.x     Document Type: Article

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