Gender, age, and race in subprime America

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 529-564

  Wyly, Elvin ^a   Ponder, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gender; Minorities; Mortgages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867386675     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2011.615850     Document Type: Article

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