Convergence of a kind: Educational attainment and intergenerational social mobility in South Africa

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 548-571

  Louw, Megan ^a   van der Berg, Servaas ^a   Yu, Derek ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Analysis of education; Intergenerational mobility

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; LABOR MARKET; WAGE DETERMINATION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 35848946562     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2007.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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