Parental wealth and children's outcomes over the life-course in Brazil: A propensity score matching analysis

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-96

  Torche, Florencia ^a   Costa Ribeiro, Carlos ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Intergenerational stratification; Life course; Propensity score matching; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857374924     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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