Employment contacts and minority-white wage differences

Industrial Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 106-122

  Korenman, Sanders ^a   Turner, Susan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042096453     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.1996.tb00397.x     Document Type: Article

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