Economic Mobility of Young Workers in the 1970S and 1980S

Demography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 497-509

  Duncan, Greg J ^a   Boisjoly, Johanne ^b   Smeeding, Timothy ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030279286     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2061783     Document Type: Article

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