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Contributors=ix
Foreword/Melvin L. Oliver=xi
Introduction/Thomas M. Shapiro;Edward N. Wolff=1
PART I. OVERVIEW OF ASSET OWNERSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES
Chapter 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSETS/Thomas M. Shapiro=11
Chapter 2. RECENT TRENDS IN WEALTH OWNERSHIP, FROM 1983 TO 1998/Edward N. Wolff=34
Chapter 3. ACCESS TO WEALTH AMONG OLDER WORKERS IN THE 1990S AND HOW IT IS DISTRIBUTED: DATA FROM THE HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY/Richard V. Burkhauser;Robert R. Weathers II=74
Chapter 4. THE ROLE OF INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS IN SPREADING ASSET OWNERSHIP/Mark O. Wilhelm=132
PART II. ASSET ACCUMULATION AMONG THE POOR
Chapter 5. ASSET ACCUMULATION AMONG LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS/Stacie Carney;William G. Gale=165
Chapter 6. MORE THAN MONEY: THE ROLE OF ASSETS IN THE SURVIVAL STRATEGIES AND MATERIAL WELL-BEING OF THE POOR/Kathryn Edin=206
Chapter 7. HOUSING AS A MEANS OF ASSET ACCUMULATION: A GOOD STRATEGY FOR THE POOR?/Nancy A. Denton=232
PART III. POLICIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ASSET OWNERSHIP AMONG THE POOR
Chapter 8. THE UN(CREDIT)WORTHY POOR: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLICIES TO EXPAND ASSETS AND CREDIT/Mark J. Stern=269
Chapter 9. ASSET-BUILDING POLICY AND PROGRAMS FOR THE POOR/Michael Sherraden=302
Chapter 10. ASSETS AND THE TAX CODE/Laurence S. Seidman=324
Chapter 11. WRAP-UP WITH RAPPORTEURS/John Sibley Butler;Dalton Conley;Robert Haveman;Seymour Spilerman=357