Gender, marriage, and asset accumulation in the United States

Feminist Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 139-166

  Schmidt, Lucie ^a   Sevak, Purvi ^b  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Family structure; Gender; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645758543     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700500508445     Document Type: Article

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