The intergenerational transmission of welfare receipt: A nonparametric bounds analysis

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 472-488

  Pepper, John V ^a  

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EID: 0034412773     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465300558830     Document Type: Article

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