Employer learning and statistical discrimination

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 313-350

  Altonji, Joseph G ^a   Pierret, Charles R ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

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EID: 0011223581     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355301556329     Document Type: Article

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