Greatest generation or greedy geezers? Social spending preferences and the elderly

Social Problems

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-96

  Street, Debra ^a   Cossman, Jeralynn Sittig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33144471881     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2006.53.1.75     Document Type: Article

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