Assessing 50 Years of African-American Economic Status, 1940 - 1990

American Economic Review

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 368-375

  Alexis, Marcus ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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