Statistical discrimination with employment criteria

International Economic Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 205-237

  Sattinger, Michael ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0038979544     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2527238     Document Type: Article

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