Asset Accumulation and Family Size. A Rand Note [microform] / James P. Smith and Michael P. Ward.

The influence of childbearing on a family's ability to accumulate assets is examined in this paper. The first section presents a theoretical framework for analyzing the evolving life-time process of asset accumulation. This model highlights the principal factors that determine life cycle paths...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Smith, James P.
Corporate Author:	Rand Corporation
Other Authors:	Ward, Michael P. (Michael Paul), 1947-
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979.
Subjects:	Consumer Economics. Economic Research. Economics. Family Characteristics. Family Financial Resources. Family Income. Models.