Racial and ethnic differences in wealth and asset choices

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1-15

  Choudhury, Sharmila ^a  

^a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INCOME; INVESTMENT; RACE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INCOME; INVESTMENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037928022     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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