Labor-market dropouts and the racial wage gap: 1940-1990

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 333-338

  Chandra, Amitabh ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

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EID: 0004036613     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.2.333     Document Type: Article

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