Intergenerational persistence in income and social class: The effect of within-group inequality

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 541-563

  Blanden, Jo ^a,b   Gregg, Paul ^c   MacMillan, Lindsey ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Intergenerational income mobility; Social class fluidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872651049     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2012.01053.x     Document Type: Article

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