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Steady-state assumptions in intergenerational mobility research

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  • Martin Nybom

    (Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), SOFI and UCLS)

  • Jan Stuhler

    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and SOFI)

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  • Martin Nybom & Jan Stuhler, 2019. "Steady-state assumptions in intergenerational mobility research," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 17(1), pages 77-97, March.
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