Intergenerational mobility for whom? the experience of high-and low-earning sons in international perspective

Generational Income Mobility in North America and Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 58-89

  Grawe, Nathan D ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 34848856941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511492549.005     Document Type: Chapter

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