Culture, information, and screening discrimination

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 542-571

  Cornell, Bradford ^a   Welch, Ivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOUR RECRUITMENT; MODELLING APPROACH; POLICY IMPLICATION; SCREENING DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0030463848     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/262033     Document Type: Article

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