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Multigenerational persistence: Evidence from 146 years of administrative data

Jørgen Modalsli
Published online before print April 13, 2021, 1018-9825R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.59.1.1018-9825R2
Jørgen Modalsli
Jørgen Modalsli is Head of Department at Oslo Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University and Senior Researcher at Statistics Norway
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