Race, compensation and contract length in the NBA: 2001-2002

Industrial Relations

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 444-462

  Kahn, Lawrence M ^a   Shah, Malav ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; RACE; WAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22244469468     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2005.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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