Jobs lost, jobs regained: An analysis of black/white differences in job displacement in the 1980s

Industrial Relations

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 460-477

  Fairlie, Robert W ^b   Kletzer, Lori G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; EMPLOYMENT; RACIAL DISPARITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032447439     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0019-8676.00099     Document Type: Article

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