Factors influencing adult earnings: Findings from a nationally representative sample

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-125

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Cheng, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood intelligence; Earnings; Family social background; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875306159     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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