Intergenerational earnings mobility in Norway: Levels and trends

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 419-435

  Bratberg, Espen ^a   Nilsen, Øivind Anti ^b   Vaage, Kjell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Intergenerational earnings correlations; Non parametric; Transition matrices

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MOBILITY; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 27844577364     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2005.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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