Generational income mobility in North America and Europe: An introduction

Generational Income Mobility in North America and Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-37

  Corak, Miles ^a  

^a IZA   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511492549.002     Document Type: Chapter

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