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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Main Authors: Pablo A. Mitnik, Victoria Bryant, Michael Weber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Sociological Science 2019-05-01
Series:Sociological Science
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Online Access:https://www.sociologicalscience.com/articles-v6-15-380/

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