Saving for retirement: Understanding the importance of heterogeneity

Business Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-27

  Samwick, Andrew A ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Household; Lifecycle; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849185347     PISSN: 0007666X     EISSN: 0007666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2145/20060103     Document Type: Review

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