Is the United States still a land of opportunity? Recent trends in intergenerational mobility

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 141-147

  Chetty, Raj ^a   Hendren, Nathaniel ^a   Kline, Patrick ^b   Saez, Emmanuel ^b   Turner, Nicholas ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c United States Department of the Treasury   (United States)

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EID: 84901454714     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.5.141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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