Is entrepreneurship inherited? A study of intergenerational social mobility in Mexico

Latin American Journal of Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 247-278

  Velez Grajales, Viviana ^a   Velez Grajales, Roberto ^b  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Mexico; Propensity score matching; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913532802     PISSN: 07190425     EISSN: 07190433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7764/LAJE.51.2.247     Document Type: Article

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