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The Occupational Choice of British Children

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Robertson, Donald
Symons, James

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This paper estimates the probabilities of occupational choices for a panel of British children as a function of earnings and socioeconomic background variables. Copyright 1990 by Royal Economic Society.

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Article provided by Royal Economic Society in its journal The Economic Journal.

Volume (Year): 100 (1990)
Issue (Month): 402 (September)
Pages: 828-41
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