The black earnings gap: Discrimination or culture

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 647-655

  Simmons, Walter O ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Earnings gap; U.S. labor market

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037219480     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(02)00141-5     Document Type: Article

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