Gender and Educational Attainment Across Generations in Austria

Feminist Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-188

  Fessler, Pirmin ^a   Schneebaum, Alyssa ^b  

^a OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Austria; educational attainment; educational transmission; Gender; intergenerational transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859754740     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2012.657661     Document Type: Article

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