Cognitive skills and Black-White wages in the United States labor market

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 389-401

  Mitra, Aparna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0011320397     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(00)00082-2     Document Type: Article

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