Nonlinearities in intergenerational earnings mobility: Consequences for cross-country comparisons

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 519, 2007, Pages

  Bratsberg, Bernt ^a   Røed, Knut ^a   Raaum, Oddbjørn ^a   Naylor, Robin ^b   Jäntti, Markus ^c   Eriksson, Tor ^d   Österbacka, Eva ^c  

^a Frisch Centre for Economic Research   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d Århus Business School   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NONLINEARITY;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250353078     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02036.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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