Much income mobility is there in Britain?

Economic Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 447, 1998, Pages 428-443

  Jarvis, Sarah ^a   Jenkins, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INCOME MOBILITY;

UK;

EID: 0031776117     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00296     Document Type: Article

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