Household wealth trends in the United States, 1962 to 2013: What happened over the great recession?

RSF

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 24-43

  Wolff, Edward N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Household wealth; Inequality; Portfolio composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024109535     PISSN: 23778253     EISSN: 23778261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7758/rsf.2016.2.6.02     Document Type: Review

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