How unregulated is the U.S. labor market? The penal system as a labor market institution

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1030-1060

  Western, Bruce ^a   Beckett, Katherine ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039756543     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/210135     Document Type: Article

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