Cohort change and racial differences in educational and income mobility

Social Forces

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 375-395

  Bloome, Deirdre ^a   Western, Bruce ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872538006     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sor002     Document Type: Article

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