Increases in wealth among the elderly in the early 1990s: How much is due to survey design?

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 509-524

  Rohwedder, Susann ^a,d   Haider, Steven J ^b   Hurd, Michael D ^c  

^a RAND   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 33845405576     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2006.00207.x     Document Type: Review

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