Self-fulfilling beliefs about social status

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-132

  Piketty, Thomas ^a  

^a CEPREMAP   (France)

Author keywords

H31; J62; Social mobility; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011356517     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00063-2     Document Type: Article

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