THE INITIAL IMPACTS OF A MATCHED SAVINGS PROGRAM: THE SAVER PLUS PROGRAM

Economic Papers

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-40

  Russell, Roslyn ^a   Brooks, Robert ^b   Nair, Aruna ^a   Fredline, Liz ^c  

^a RMIT Business   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co contribution; Low income households; Matching; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149146321     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2006.tb00382.x     Document Type: Article

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