Role models and arguments for affirmative action

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 640-648

  Chung, Kim Sau ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040951409     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.3.640     Document Type: Article

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