Income class and the accumulation of net worth in the United States

Social Work Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 211-222

  Ozawa, Martha N ^a   Kim, Jeounghee ^a   Joo, Myungkook ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Income class; Low income households; Net worth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846423863     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/30.4.211     Document Type: Article

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