Is Household Wealth Sustainable? An Examination of Asset Poverty Reentry After an Exit

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-144

  Leonard, Tammy ^a   Di, Wenhua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset; Poverty; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900432746     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-013-9357-0     Document Type: Article

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