Black-white wage inequality, employment rates, and incarceration

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 553-578

  Western, Bruce ^a   Pettit, Becky ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 29144480309     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432780     Document Type: Review

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