Intergenerational earnings mobility in Italy

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Mocetti, Sauro ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intergenerational earnings elasticity; Social mobility; Two sample two stage least squares estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049100621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1794     Document Type: Article

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