A group-specific measure of intergenerational persistence

Tom Hertz ()

Economics Letters, 2008, vol. 100, issue 3, 415-417

Abstract: I describe a method for comparing intergenerational mobility for different groups, taking account of both within- and between-group effects. When group means differ, this method yields results that are more informative than is the comparison of within-group estimates alone.

Date: 2008
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