The impact of incarceration on wage mobility and inequality

American Sociological Review

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 526-546

  Western, Bruce ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MOBILITY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036696269     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088944     Document Type: Article

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