The Intergenerational Transmission of Family-Income Advantages in the United States
Estimates of economic persistence and mobility in the United States, as measured by the intergenerational elasticity (IGE), cover a very wide range. Nevertheless, careful analyses of the evidence suggested until recently that as much as half, and possibly more, of economic advantages are passed on f...
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| Language: | English |
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Society for Sociological Science
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Sociological Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.sociologicalscience.com/articles-v6-15-380/ |