Sample selection rules and the intergenerational correlation of earnings

Labour Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-329

  Couch, Kenneth A ^a   Lillard, Dean R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenerational correlation of earnings; Unemployment; Zero earnings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039492835     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(98)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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