Baby Boomer retirement security: The roles of planning, financial literacy, and housing wealth

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 205-224

  Lusardi, Annamaria ^a,c   Mitchell, Olivia S ^b,c  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohorts; Housing wealth; Lack of planning; Literacy; Wealth holdings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847049934     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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