Saving performance in individual development accounts: Does marital status matter?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 192-204

  Grinstein Weiss, Michal ^a   Zhan, Min ^b   Sherraden, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Individual Development Accounts; Marital status; Poverty; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645138860     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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