Intergenerational income persistence in Urban China

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 416-436

  Deng, Quheng ^a   Gustafsson, Björn ^b   Li, Shi ^c  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Intergenerational income mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881318360     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12034     Document Type: Article

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