Money v.s. prestige: Cultural attitudes and occupational choices

Labour Economics

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-56

  Zhan, Crystal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural attitudes; Cultural transmission; Ethnic networks; Neighborhoods; Occupational choices; Social prestige

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922106684     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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