Appropriate tests of racial wage discrimination require controls for cognitive skill: Comment on Cancio, Evans, and Maume

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 557-560

  Farkas, George ^a   Vicknair, Keven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 0000403643     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096392     Document Type: Article

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