Does Prior Banking Experience Matter? Differences of the Banked and Unbanked in Individual Development Accounts

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-227

  Grinstein Weiss, Michal ^a   Yeo, Yeong H ^a   Despard, Mathieu R ^a   Casalotti, Adriane M ^a   Zhan, Min ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Asset building; Banked; IDAs; Savings; Unbanked

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955848229     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-010-9184-5     Document Type: Article

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