Earnings and ethnicity in Trinidad and Tobago

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 116-134

  Coppin, Addington ^a   Olsen, Reed Neil ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; INCOME INEQUALITY; LABOUR MARKET; WAGE DISPARITY;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0031867958     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220389808422524     Document Type: Article

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