Economic mobility, family background, and the well-being of children in the United States and Canada

Persistence, Privilege, and Parenting: The Comparative Study of Intergenerational Mobility

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 73-108

  Corak, Miles ^a   Curtis, Lori J ^b   Phipps, Shelley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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