Does school quality explain the recent black/white wage trend?

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-253

  Grogger, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030528744     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209810     Document Type: Article

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