Race, Roosevelt, and wartime production: Fair employment in World War II labor markets

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 272-286

  Collins, William J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0012459360     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.1.272     Document Type: Article

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