Family background and economic status in Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 467-484

  Österbacka, Eva ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Correlation in earnings; Intermediating factors; Non linearities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035646345     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.00255     Document Type: Article

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