Career mobility in Italy: A growth curves analysis of occupational attainment in the twentieth century

European Societies

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-400

  Barone, Carlo ^a   Lucchini, Mario ^b   Schizzerotto, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Career mobility; Growth curves; Intergenerational reproduction; Intragenerational mobility; Returns to education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960567273     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2011.568254     Document Type: Article

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