The concept and measurement of asset poverty: Levels, trends and composition for the U.S., 1983-2001

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-169

  Haveman, Robert ^a,c   Wolff, Edward N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographics; Poverty; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844269170     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-005-4387-y     Document Type: Article

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