Social class, family background, and intergenerational mobility

European Economic Review

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-117

  McIntosh, James ^a,b   Munk, Martin D ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Family background; Intergenerational mobility; Social class

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HOMOGENEITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR MOBILITY; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; OCCUPATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 58549097523     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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