Intergenerational earnings mobility among the children of Canadian immigrants

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 377-397

  Aydemir, Abdurrahman ^a,b   Chen, Wen Hao ^b,c   Corak, Miles ^b,c  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 70449379070     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.2.377     Document Type: Article

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