Family structure, intergenerational mobility, and the reproduction of poverty: Evidence for increasing polarization

Demography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 629-648

  Musick, Kelly ^a   Mare, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 11944275022     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2004.0034     Document Type: Article

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