The role of social institutions in intergenerational mobility

Persistence, Privilege, and Parenting: The Comparative Study of Intergenerational Mobility

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 331-367

  Nolan, Brian ^a   Esping Andersen, Gøsta ^b   Whelan, Christopher T ^a   Mâitre, Bertrand ^c   Wagner, Sander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

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