Intergenerational Social Mobility and Assortative Mating in Britain
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- Ermisch, John & Francesconi, Marco, 2002. "Intergenerational social mobility and assortative mating in Britain," ISER Working Paper Series 2002-06, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
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Keywords
Intergenerational links; marriage market; assortative mating; occupational prestige index; Goldthorpe-Hope; social and intellectual capital;JEL classification:
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2002-05-03 (All new papers)
- NEP-LAB-2002-05-03 (Labour Economics)
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