Structural characteristics of firms and industries and black and white wage inequality in the U.S. economy: 1988

Atlantic Economic Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-192

  Mitra, Aparna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0000867145     PISSN: 01974254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02300237     Document Type: Article

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