The impact of federal civil rights policy on black economic progress: Evidence from the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 608-632

  Chay, Kenneth Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001264221     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399805100404     Document Type: Article

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