Do Poor Children Become Poor Adults? Lessons from a Cross-Country Comparison of Generational Earnings Mobility

Research on Economic Inequality

Volumn 13, Issue , 2006, Pages 143-188

  Corak, Miles ^a  

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EID: 33747352533     PISSN: 10492585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-2585(06)13006-9     Document Type: Review

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