Cognitive skill, skill demands of jobs, and earnings among young European American, African American, and Mexican American workers

Social Forces

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 913-938

  Farkas, George ^a   England, Paula ^b   Vicknair, Keven ^a   Kilbourne, Barbara Stanek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Dallas ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SKILL; LABOUR MARKET;

USA;

EID: 0031429220     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/75.3.913     Document Type: Article

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