The emergence, persistence, and recent widening of the racial unemployment gap

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 252-270

  Fairlie, Robert W ^a   Sundstrom, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0002636554     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399905200206     Document Type: Article

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