Diverging Fortunes: Racial/Ethnic Inequality in Wealth Trajectories in Middle and Late Life

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 29-41

  Brown, Tyson H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Inequality; Life course; Race; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960131596     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-016-9160-2     Document Type: Article

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