Intergenerational mobility and macroeconomic history dependence

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-78

  Mookherjee, Dilip ^a   Napel, Stefan ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrowing constraints; History dependence; Human capital; Inequality; Intergenerational mobility; Occupational choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049009452     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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