Race, gender, and familial status: Discrimination in one US mortgage lending market

Feminist Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 63-85

  Robinson, Judith K ^a  

^a Castleton State College   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Housing; Mortgage lending discrimination; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036663542     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700210167323     Document Type: Article

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