Racial differences in access to high-paying jobs and the wage gap between black and white women

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 273-286

  Anderson, Deborah ^a   Shapiro, David ^b  

^a and History   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009249533     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399604900206     Document Type: Article

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