The wage gains of African-American women in the 1940s

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 737-777

  Bailey, Martha J ^a,c   Collins, William J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LABOR MARKET; WAGE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749049089     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050706000313     Document Type: Article

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