How important is cultural background for the level of intergenerational mobility?

Economics Letters

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-337

  Schnitzlein, Daniel D ^a,b  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equality of opportunities; Family background; Intergenerational mobility; Sibling correlations

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055163685     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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