Homeownership and Wealth among Low- and Moderate-Income Households

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 259-279

  Grinstein Weiss, Michal ^a   Key, Clinton ^b   Guo, Shenyang ^b   Yeo, Yeong Hun ^c   Holub, Krista ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assets; Community Advantage Panel Study; homeownership; mortgage; net worth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876971498     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2013.771786     Document Type: Article

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