Family connections and the black-white wealth gap among middle-class families

Conflict Management and Peace Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Chiteji, N S ^a   Hamilton, Darrick ^b,c  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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