Wealth: Determinants of savings net worth and housing net worth of pre-retired households

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 387-418

  Wakita, Satomi ^a   Fitzsimmons, Vicki Schram ^a   Liao, Tim Futing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Intergenerational support; Net worth; Race or ethnic origin; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644472123     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026432705410     Document Type: Article

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