Are baby boomers richer than their parents? Intergenerational patterns of wealth ownership in the United States

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 569-579

  Keister, Lisa A ^a   Deeb Sossa, Natalia ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby boomers; Intergenerational processes; Social mobility; Social stratification; Wealth mobility; Wealth ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035343945     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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