Title of article
The inter-generational link in income mobility: evidence from adoptions
Author/Authors
Mitali Das، نويسنده , , Tanja Sjogren، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
Pages
6
From page
55
To page
60
Abstract
Estimates of the inter-generational link in income mobility are often contaminated by the correlation of genetic ‘ability’ with measures of parental income. We introduce the use of adoption data to sever this correlation, finding that the inter-generational link is attenuated substantially.
Keywords
Adoption data , genetics , Income mobility
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2002
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
434901
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