Cognitive skills and racial wage inequality: Reply to Farkas and Vicknair

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 561-564

  Maume Jr , David J ^a   Cancio, A Silvia ^a   Evans, T David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0000209071     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096393     Document Type: Article

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