Lifetime inheritances of three generations of whites and blacks

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1300-1346+I

  Avery, Robert B ^a   Rendall, Michael S ^a  

^a Bd Governors the Fed Reserve Syst ^*

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EID: 0042333453     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344840     Document Type: Article

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