Intergenerational mobility and marital sorting

Economic Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 513, 2006, Pages 659-679

  Ermisch, John ^a   Francesconi, Marco ^a   Siedler, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MARRIAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745955567     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01105.x     Document Type: Article

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