Sibling similarities and economic inequality in the US

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 685-701

  Mazumder, Bhashkar ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenerational mobility; Sibling correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749123270     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0127-2     Document Type: Article

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