Has the race penalty for black women disappeared in the United States?

Feminist Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-124

  Kim, Marlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; Earnings discrimination; Wage disparities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036663704     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700210160997     Document Type: Article

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