Intergenerational effects of shifts in women's educational distribution in South Korea: Transmission, differential fertility, and assortative mating

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1495-1514

  Kye, Bongoh ^a   Mare, Robert D ^b  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap method; Educational mobility; Intergenerational effects; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866565175     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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