Have family income mobility patterns changed?

Demography

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 299-314

  Gittleman, Maury ^a   Joyce, Mary ^b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREER MOBILITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033172854     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648054     Document Type: Article

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