Stochastic monotonicity in intergenerational mobility tables

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-107

  Dardanoni, Valentino ^a   Fiorini, Mario ^b   Forcina, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84856055849     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1146     Document Type: Article

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