Extended-family resources and racial inequality in the transition to homeownership

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1534-1546

  Hall, Matthew ^a   Crowder, Kyle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeownership; Poverty; Racial ethnic inequality; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053184135     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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