Genetic ability and intergenerational earnings mobility
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Keywords
Intergenerational correlations; Earnings; Wages; H50; I30; J62;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
- I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
- J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
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