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Does economic inequality in one generation lead to inequality of opportunity in the next? In From Parents to Children, an esteemed international group of scholars investigates this question using data from ten countries with differing levels of inequality.

First Author: Ermisch, John; Jantti, Markus; Smeeding, Timothy M.
Attributed to:  An examination of the impact of family socio-economic status on outcomes in late childhood and adolescence. funded by ESRC

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Bibliographic Information

Type: Book Chapter

Book Title: From Parents to Children: The Intergenerational Transmission of Advantage (2012)

ISBN: 978-0-87154-045-4