The Wealth and Poverty of Widows: Assets Before and After the Husband's Death

Michael D. Hurd & David A. Wise
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Copyright 1989
ISBN 0-226-90295-1
Book: The Economics of Aging
Book editor: David A. Wise
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
Series: The Economics of Aging
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The Wealth and Poverty of Widows: Assets Before and After the Husband's Death
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We verify that widows are much more likely than couples to be poor and that they make up a large proportion of the...

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