Asset holding and net worth among households with children: Differences by household type

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-78

  Grinstein Weiss, Michal ^a   Hun Yeo, Yeong ^a   Zhan, Min ^b   Charles, Pajarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset holding; Economic well being; Household type; Income; Net worth; SIPP

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349104870     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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