Assets and economic mobility in a youth cohort, 1985-1997

Families in Society

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-62

  Caputo, Richard K ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037246924     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.73     Document Type: Article

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