Land of Opportunity: Economic Mobility in the United States
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- Kartik B. Athreya & Jessica Sackett Romero, 2013. "Land of Opportunity? Economic Mobility in the United States," Richmond Fed Economic Brief, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, issue July.
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