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Knocking on Parents’ Doors

Regulation and Intergenerational Mobility

View ORCID ProfileSauro Mocetti, View ORCID ProfileGiacomo Roma and Enrico Rubolino
Journal of Human Resources, March 2022, 57 (2) 525-554; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.2.0219-10074R2
Sauro Mocetti
Sauro Mocetti are at Bank of Italy, Directorate General for Economics, Statistics and Research. Via Nazionale 91, 00184 Roma (Italy).
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Giacomo Roma
Giacomo Roma are at Bank of Italy, Directorate General for Economics, Statistics and Research. Via Nazionale 91, 00184 Roma (Italy).
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Enrico Rubolino is at University of Lausanne.
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