The intrinsic estimator for age-period-cohort analysis: What it is and how to use it

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1697-1736

  Yang, Yang ^a   Schulhofer Wohl, Sam ^b   Fu, Wenjiang J ^c   Land, Kenneth C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 49249099187     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587154     Document Type: Article

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