Parental background and earnings: German evidence on direct and indirect relationships

Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik

Volumn 228, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 554-572

  Cornellssen, Thomas ^a,b   Jirjahn, Uwe ^a,b   Tsertsvadze, Georgi ^a,c  

^a Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung ^*

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Feri Rating and Research AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intergenerational mobility; Maternal labor force participation; Parental education; Schooling; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449303724     PISSN: 00214027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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