Would the elimination of affirmative action affect highly qualified minority applicants? Evidence from California and Texas

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 416-434

  Card, David ^a   Krueger, Alan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20044379997     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390505800306     Document Type: Article

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