Baby Boomers and Their Parents: How Does Their Economic Well-Being Compare in Middle Age?

作者: John Sabelhaus , Joyce Manchester

DOI: 10.2307/146232

关键词: Economic well beingConsumption (economics)Baby boomersSurvey data collectionDemographic economicsEconomicsMiddle ageSocioeconomics

摘要: We use survey data to compare the income and consumption of baby boomers in 1989 with that of their parents' generation in the early 1960s when they were the same ages. Various …

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