Intergenerational influences of wealth in Mexico

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 75-101

  Torche, Florencia ^a   Spilerman, Seymour ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 77949460187     PISSN: 00238791     EISSN: 15424278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lar.0.0089     Document Type: Review

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