Chapter 29 Intergenerational mobility in the labor market

Handbook of Labor Economics

Volumn 3 PART, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1761-1800

  Solon, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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D1; D3; J3

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EID: 77956753271     PISSN: 15734463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4463(99)03010-2     Document Type: Chapter

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