Match rates, individual development accounts, and saving by the poor

Journal of Income Distribution

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 112-129

  Schreiner, Mark ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption and Saving; Fiscal Policy; Household Behavior; Private Pensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745773868     PISSN: 09266437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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