Inequality of opportunity in Italy

Journal of Economic Inequality

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 429-450

  Checchi, Daniele ^a   Peragine, Vito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Inequality of opportunity; Intergenerational mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049270038     PISSN: 15691721     EISSN: 15738701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10888-009-9118-3     Document Type: Article

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