Understanding black-white wage differentials, 1960-1990

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 344-349

  Heckman, James J ^a   Lyons, Thomas M ^b   Todd, Petra E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001229434     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.2.344     Document Type: Article

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