Why do minority men earn less? A study of wage differentials among the highly educated

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 300-313

  Black, Dan ^a   Haviland, Amelia ^b   Sanders, Seth ^c   Taylor, Lowell ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 33745454932     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.88.2.300     Document Type: Article

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