Intergenerational earnings mobility in Singapore and the United States

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-119

  Ng, Irene Y H ^a   Shen, Xiaoyi ^a   Ho, Kong Weng ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Intergenerational earnings mobility; Singapore; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249196813     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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