Economic mobility in a youth cohort, 1979-1997

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 39-63

  Caputo, Richard K ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic mobility; Family poverty; Income inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937341567     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v05n03_03     Document Type: Article

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