Race and Wealth Inequality: The Impact of Racial Differences in Asset Ownership on the Distribution of Household Wealth

Social Science Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 477-502

  Keister, Lisa A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034366177     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ssre.2000.0677     Document Type: Article

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