Household Wealth Trends in the United States, 1962 to 2013: What Happened over the Great Recession?

Edward N. Wolff

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Household Wealth Trends in the United States, 1962 to 2013: What Happened over the Great Recession?

Edward N. Wolff

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences October 2016, 2 (6) 24-43; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.6.02

Edward N. Wolff

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^aProfessor of economics at New York University, research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and editorial board member of the Journal of Economic Inequality and the Review of Income and Wealth

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