Arbitraging a Discriminatory Labor Market: Black Workers at the Ford Motor Company, 1918-1947

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 493-532

  Foote, Christopher L ^b   Whatley, Warren C ^b   Wright, Gavin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0345060339     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374957     Document Type: Review

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