The causal effects of participation in the American economic association summer minority program

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 78-97

  Price, Gregory N ^a  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23744485149     PISSN: 00384038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20062095     Document Type: Article

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