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Title: The Scandinavian Fantasy: The Sources of Intergenerational Mobility in Denmark and the US
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2017
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ISSN: 0347-0520
DOI: 10.1111/sjoe.12219
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Abstract: This paper was presented at a Conference on Social Mobility held at the University of Chicago on 5 November 2014, under the title “The Role of Income and Credit Constraints in Human Development, Part II”. We thank Linor Kiknadze for very helpful research assistance. We thank Magne Mogstad and the participants in the conference for thoughtful comments. We also received helpful comments at a January 2015 seminar at the Norwegian School of Economics, and at seminars held at the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, SOFI (Stockholm), INET Paris (April 2015), and Copenhagen Education Network. We are especially grateful to Roger Bivand, Sam Bowles, Juanna Joensen, Øivind Anti Nilsen, Kjell Salvanes, Agnar Sandmo, Erik Sørensen, Torben Tranæs, Anders Björklund, and Matthew Lindquist. We have received helpful comments on this draft of the paper from Juanna Schrøter Joensen, Rich Neimand, Matt Tauzer, and Ingvil Gaarder. This research was supported in part by: the Pritzker Children's Initiative; the Buffett Early Childhood Fund; NIH grants NICHD R37HD065072, NICHD R01HD054702, and NIA R24AG048081; an anonymous funder; The Rockwool Foundation; Successful Pathways from School to Work, an initiative of the University of Chicago's Committee on Education and funded by the Hymen Milgrom Supporting Organization; the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group, an initiative of the Center for the Economics of Human Development and funded by the Institute for New Economic Thinking; and the American Bar Foundation. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the funders or the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Url: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sjoe.12219
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Authors: Landersø, Rasmus; Heckman, James J.
Periodical (Full): The Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Issue: 1
Volume: 119
Pages: 178-230
Data Collections: IPUMS CPS
Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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