Intergenerational mobility in the united states and great britain: A comparative study of parent-child pathways

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 425-449

  Blanden, Jo ^a   Haveman, Robert ^b   Smeeding, Timothy ^b   Wilson, Kathryn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Intergenerational mobility; Occupation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904967028     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12032     Document Type: Article

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