Household wealth and the measurement of economic well-being in the United States

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-115

  Wolff, Edward N ^a   Zacharias, Ajit ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Household wealth; Inequality; Living standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549107840     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-007-9068-6     Document Type: Article

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