Social security and elderly homeownership

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 280-305

  Engelhardt, Gary V ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Homeownership; Household formation; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249038486     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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