Unequal opportunities and the mechanismsof social inheritance

Generational Income Mobility in North America and Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 289-314

  Esping Andersen, Gøsta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 79151486055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511492549.013     Document Type: Chapter

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