Racial earnings disparities and family structure

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-41

  Darity Jr , William A ^a   Myers Jr , Samuel L ^b   Chung, Chanjin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0032364534     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1061350     Document Type: Article

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