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Wealth holdings and portfolio allocation of the elderly : the role of marital history Ulker, Aydogan 2009, Wealth holdings and portfolio allocation of the elderly : the role of marital history, Journal of family and economic issues, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 90-108. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Wealth holdings and portfolio allocation of the elderly : the role of marital history Author(s) Ulker, Aydogan Journal name Journal of family and economic issues Volume number 30 Issue number 1 Start page 90 End page 108 Publisher Springer Netherlands Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2009-03 ISSN 1058-0476 1573-3475 Keyword(s) wealth portfolio allocation elderly marital history Summary This paper investigates the role of marital history in terms of explaining differences in wealth holdings and portfolio allocation of older individuals by studying data from the first wave of Health and Retirement Study which was conducted in 1992. The results generally suggest that both men and women suffer from the negative shocks of past marital dissolutions in terms of household wealth accumulation. The significance level, however, differs across currently married couples, single males, and single females. The examination of the asset components of net worth also indicates that both the probability of owning a particular asset and the fraction of wealth allocated to that asset might vary depending on the elderly individuals’ marital history. Language eng Field of Research 140219 Welfare Economics Socio Economic Objective 910209 Preference, Behaviour and Welfare HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30022718 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Business and Law School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 22 Jan 2010, 15:14:51 EST Mon, 25 Jan 2010, 14:39:49 EST Mon, 25 Jan 2010, 14:41:04 EST Wed, 24 Feb 2010, 15:48:26 EST Fri, 23 Sep 2011, 11:13:59 EST Fri, 23 Sep 2011, 11:15:10 EST Fri, 17 Feb 2012, 11:36:06 EST Filtered Full Citation counts: Cited 18 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 390 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 22 Jan 2010, 15:14:48 EST by Katrina Fleming

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