Family background and income during the rise of the welfare state: Brother correlations in income for Swedish men born 1932-1968

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 671-680

  Björklund, Anders ^a   Jäntti, Markus ^b   Lindquist, Matthew J ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Family background; Intergenerational mobility; Sibling correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349114093     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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