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Household Income Sharing, Joint Consumption and the Expenditure Patterns of Australian Retired Couples and Single People

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  • Bruce Bradbury, 1996. "Household Income Sharing, Joint Consumption and the Expenditure Patterns of Australian Retired Couples and Single People," Discussion Papers 0066, University of New South Wales, Social Policy Research Centre.
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