Does housing wealth contribute to or temper the widening wealth gap in America?

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 281-296

  Di, Zhu Xiao ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeownership; Housing; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244477190     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 10511482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2005.9521544     Document Type: Article

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