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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
aProfessor of economics at New York University, research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and editorial board member of the and the

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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 Oct 2016, 2 (6) 24-43; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.6.02
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