With a little help from my friends (and my financial planner)

Social Forces

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1469-1498

  Chang, Mariko Lin ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 26444491631     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2005.0061     Document Type: Review

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