A generation indebted: Young adult debt across three cohorts

Social Problems

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 448-465

  Houle, Jason N ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohorts; Debt; Life course perspective; Social class; Transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904874751     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2014.12110     Document Type: Review

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