The transmission of longevity across generations: The case of the settler Cape Colony

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 105-119

  Piraino, Patrizio ^a   Muller, Sean ^a   Cilliers, Jeanne ^b   Fourie, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Historical data; Intergenerational mobility; Longevity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898052495     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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