Assets beyond savings in individual development accounts

Social Service Review

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-244

  Han, Chang Keun ^a   Grinstein Weiss, Michal ^b   Sherraden, Michael ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70149094318     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/600861     Document Type: Review

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