Racial wage gaps and differences in human capital

Applied Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1033-1044

  Gyimah Brempong, Kwabena ^a   Fichtenbaum, Rudy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0031410531     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368497326426     Document Type: Article

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