Income quintiles: Examining changes in the characteristics of respondents

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 19-34

  De Vaney, Sharon A ^a   Anong, Sophia T ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital; Income quintile; Life cycle hypothesis; Survey of consumer finances

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950620358     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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