The effect of inheritance receipt on retirement

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 425-434

  Brown, Jeffrey R ^a   Coile, Courtney C ^b   Weisbenner, Scott J ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 77955132838     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.2010.11182     Document Type: Article

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