The intergenerational earnings and income mobility of Canadian men: Evidence from longitudinal income tax data

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 504-533

  Corak, Miles ^a   Heisz, Andrew ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET;

CANADA;

EID: 0032693628     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146378     Document Type: Article

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