The wealth and asset holdings of U.S.-born and foreign-born households: Evidence from SIPP data

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-42

  Cobb Clark, Deborah A ^a   Hildebrand, Vincent A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33644680269     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2006.00174.x     Document Type: Review

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