Educational status and savings performance in individual development accounts

Journal of Policy Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-46

  Zhan, Min ^a   Grinstein Weiss, Michal ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational status; IDAs; Savings; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249148645     PISSN: 15588742     EISSN: 15588750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J508v06n01_03     Document Type: Article

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