Differences across cohorts in finnish intergenerational income mobility

Industrial Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-111

  Pekkala, Sari ^a   Lucas, Robert E B ^b  

^a Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus Finland   (Finland)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33845744952     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2007.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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