The retirement wealth of the baby boom generation

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-40

  Wolff, Edward N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby boomers; Pensions; Race; Social Security; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847026527     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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