Intergenerational mobility and the process of development

Economic Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 458, 1999, Pages 677-697

  Maoz, Yishay D ^a   Moav, Orner ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; INCOME; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; MOBILITY;

EID: 0033407465     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00468     Document Type: Article

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