Pathways of change in social mobility: Industrialization, education and growing fluidity in Brazil

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-307

  Torche, Florencia ^a   Ribeiro, Carlos Costa ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE PESQUISAS DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cohort analysis; Educational expansion; Industrialization; Intergenerational mobility; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956479656     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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