Theoretical models of inequality transmission across multiple generations

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-18

  Solon, Gary ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenerational mobility; Multigenerational inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898038013     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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