Work attitudes and intergenerational mobility

Journal of Human Capital

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-288

  Gradstein, Mark ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 77950307560     PISSN: 19328575     EISSN: 19328664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649556     Document Type: Article

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