Do birth order and family size matter for intergenerational income mobility? Evidence from Sweden

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2239-2257

  Lindahl, Lena ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVAL; DEMAND ELASTICITY; FAMILY STRUCTURE; INCOME; LABOR; MOBILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 48749093920     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600949421     Document Type: Article

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