Accounting for intergenerational income persistence: Noncognitive skills, ability and education

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 519, 2007, Pages

  Blanden, Jo ^a   Gregg, Paul ^b   Macmillan, Lindsey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INCOME; LABOR MARKET;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250304393     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02034.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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