The wealth of single women: Marital status and parenthood in the asset accumulationof young baby boomersin the United States

Feminist Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 167-194

  Yamokoski, Alexis ^a   Keister, Lisa A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Divorce; Gender; Marriage; Parenthood; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645764955     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700500508478     Document Type: Review

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