Class mobility across three generations in the U.S. and Germany

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-52

  Hertel, Florian R ^a   Groh Samberg, Olaf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EGP; Germany; Multigenerational; Social mobility; U.S.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898043888     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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