Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/87864 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 395
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank, Office of the Chief Economist, Washington, DC
Abstract: 
In this paper, social mobility is measured by looking at the extent to which family background determines socioeconomic success. Roughly speaking, social mobility can be measure by means of two distinct types of correlations: intergenerational correlations and sibling correlations.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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