Social mobility in five African countries

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL1, 2013, Pages

  Bossuroy, Thomas ^a   Cogneau, Denis ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Colonization; Dualism; Inequality; Intergenerational mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883557384     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12037     Document Type: Article

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