Marital sorting, household labor supply, and intergenerational earnings mobility across countries

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Raaum, Oddbjoørn ^a   Bratsberg, Bernt ^a   Roøed, Knut ^a   Österbacka, Eva ^b   Eriksson, Tor ^c   Jäntti, Markus ^b   Naylor, Robin A ^d  

^a Frisch Centre

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intergenerational mobility; Marital sorting

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949213022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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