On the Origins of Socio-Economic Inequalities: Evidence from Twin Families
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Keywords
nature; nurture; family background; genes; environment; inequality;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
- E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
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- NEP-LTV-2023-11-06 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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