The colour of money: earnings differentials among ethnic groups in Canada

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 518-548

  Pendakur, Krishna ^a   Pendakur, Ravi ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; INCOME; RACIAL DISPARITY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0032422743     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136201     Document Type: Article

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