Mobilizing social resources: Race, ethnic, and gender differences in social capital and persisting wage inequalities

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 509-537

  Smith, Sandra S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2000.tb00071.x     Document Type: Article

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