Wealth inequality and household structure: U.S. VS. Spain

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-290

  Bover, Olympia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FILOSOFÍA   (Spain)

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EID: 77954169575     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2010.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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