The impacts of neighborhoods on intergenerational mobility I: Childhood exposure effects

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1107-1162

  Chetty, Raj ^a   Hendren, Nathaniel ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMMUTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOBILITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85053496018     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/QJE/QJY007     Document Type: Article

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