The effect of statistical discrimination on black-white wage inequality: Estimating a model with multiple equilibria

International Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 467-500

  Moro, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0037594660     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2354.t01-1-00077     Document Type: Review

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