Abstract
What about the distribution of household wealth is new? This paper highlights several new findings on the subject and raises a few issues that may warrant careful consideration in the future. Sections consider life-cycle redux ages 45-70, what we own and what we owe, racial differences in household wealth, role of retirement wealth, source of savings, and future questions which arise. -from Author
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 552-558 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | American Economic Review |
Volume | 82 |
Issue number | 2 |
State | Published - 1992 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics