Intergenerational mobility and sample selection in short panels

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1265-1293

  Francesconi, Marco ^a   Nicoletti, Cheti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846115737     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.910     Document Type: Article

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