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Contemporary State Policies and Intergenerational Income Mobility

View ORCID ProfileLars J. Lefgren, View ORCID ProfileJaren C. Pope and View ORCID ProfileDavid P. Sims
Journal of Human Resources, July 2022, 57 (4) 1107-1146; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.4.0717-8921R1
Lars J. Lefgren
Lars J. Lefgren is a Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University.
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Jaren C. Pope is a Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University.
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vol. 57 no. 4 1107-1146
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.4.0717-8921R1
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
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1548-8004
History 
  • Received July 1, 2017
  • Accepted March 1, 2020
  • Published online June 17, 2022.

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  1. Lars J. Lefgren,
  2. Jaren C. Pope and
  3. David P. Sims
  1. Lars J. Lefgren is a Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University.
  2. Jaren C. Pope is a Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University.
  3. David P. Sims is a Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University (davesims{at}byu.edu).
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Lars J. Lefgren, Jaren C. Pope, David P. Sims
Journal of Human Resources Jul 2022, 57 (4) 1107-1146; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.57.4.0717-8921R1

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Lars J. Lefgren, Jaren C. Pope, David P. Sims
Journal of Human Resources Jul 2022, 57 (4) 1107-1146; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.57.4.0717-8921R1
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Economic Mobility and Public Policy
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    • IV. The Impact of Specific State Policies on Intergenerational Mobility
    • V. An Omnibus Test of the Importance of State Policies
    • VI. Program Evaluations and County-Level Evidence: Why Do They Diverge?
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