Horatio Alger Meets the Mobility Tables

Small Business Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 243-274

  Holtz Eakin, Douglas ^a   Rosen, Harvey S ^a   Weathers, Robert ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034376727     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008128521851     Document Type: Article

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