Labor market discrimination and racial differences in premarket factors

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-39

  Carneiro, Pedro ^a   Heckman, James J ^b   Masterov, Dimitriy V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 20744443478     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426878     Document Type: Article

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