Mobility Across Multiple Generations: The Iterated Regression Fallacy
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Keywords
intergenerational mobility; multigenerational mobility; intergenerational income elasticity; regression fallacy;JEL classification:
- J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
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