Oppressed people: Economic mobility of the socially excluded

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 542-567

  Meerman, Jacob ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Discrimination; Economic mobility; Employment; Ethnicity; Indigenous; Minorities; Outcaste; Slavery; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144508204     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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