Consumption and Aging

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 361-375

  Gilleard, Chris ^a   Higgs, Paul ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Consumer Choice; Consumer Expenditure; Consumption Expenditure; Household Expenditure; Market Segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048968223     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7374-0_23     Document Type: Chapter

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