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Measuring and Evaluating Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from Students’ Questionnaires

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Bernasconi, M., Dardanoni, V. (2005). Measuring and Evaluating Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from Students’ Questionnaires. In: Schmidt, U., Traub, S. (eds) Advances in Public Economics: Utility, Choice and Welfare. Theory and Decision Library C:, vol 38. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25706-3_11

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