Wage dispersion, returns to skill, and black-white wage differentials

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 319-361

  Card, David ^a   Lemieux, Thomas ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black white wage differentials; Returns to skill; Wage dispersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001082589     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4076(95)01757-7     Document Type: Article

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