Reconsidering the use of nonlinearities in intergenerational earnings mobility as a test for credit constraints

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 813-827

  Grawe, Nathan D ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; MOBILITY; WAGE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 5744254424     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558998     Document Type: Article

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