Institutions, technical change, and diverging life chances: Earnings mobility in the United States and Germany

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-79

  DiPrete, Thomas A ^a   McManus, Patricia A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030504578     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/230908     Document Type: Article

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