Racial differences in the effects of job contacts: Conflicting evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal data

Social Science Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 511-538

  Mouw, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0036953241     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-089X(02)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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