Elderly female-headed households and the decision to trade down

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 285-300

  Megbolugbe, Isaac ^a   Sa Aadu, J ^b   Shilling, James D ^c  

^a FANNIE MAE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0033426912     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhec.1999.0255     Document Type: Article

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