Wealth transfer receipt and later life wealth

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-245

  Nau, Michael ^a   Tumin, Dmitry ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption; Cumulative advantage; Wealth; Wealth transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857980512     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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