Individual development accounts: Participants' characteristics and success

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 503-520

  Rohe, William M ^a   Gorham, Lucy S ^b   Quercia, Roberto G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MDC Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT AID; HOUSING; INCENTIVE;

IDAS;

EID: 30744454038     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0735-2166.2005.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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