Intergenerational mobility and interpersonal inequality in an African economy
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- Sylvie Lambert & Martin Ravallion & Dominique van de Walle, 2014. "Intergenerational mobility and interpersonal inequality in an African economy," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01109225, HAL.
- Sylvie Lambert & Martin Ravallion & Dominique van de Walle, 2014. "Intergenerational mobility and interpersonal inequality in an African economy," Post-Print halshs-01109225, HAL.
- Sylvie Lambert & Martin Ravallion & Dominique van de Walle, 2014. "Intergenerational Mobility and Interpersonal Inequality in an African Economy," PSE Working Papers halshs-00933975, HAL.
- Lambert, Sylvie & Ravallion, Martin & Van de Walle, Dominique, 2014. "Intergenerational Mobility and Interpersonal Inequality in an African Economy," CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb) 1401, CEPREMAP.
- Sylvie Lambert & Martin Ravallion & Dominique van de Walle, 2014. "Intergenerational Mobility and Interpersonal Inequality in an African Economy," Working Papers halshs-00933975, HAL.
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Inheritance; Land; Mobility; Inequality; Gender;All these keywords.
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- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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