Gender inequality: Sorting out the effects of race/ethnicity and gender in the Anglo male-Latino female earnings gap

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 497-515

  Avalos, Manuel ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

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EID: 0030494836     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1389419     Document Type: Article

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