Balance sheets of early boomers: Are they different from pre-boomers?

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 542-561

  Finke, Michael S ^a   Huston, Sandra J ^a   Sharpe, Deanna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby boomers; Cohort wealth; Net worth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747674182     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-006-9026-7     Document Type: Article

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