Race, income, and college in 25 years: Evaluating Justice O'Connor's conjecture

American Law and Economics Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 282-311

  Krueger, Alan ^a   Rothstein, Jesse ^a   Turner, Sarah ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 33749617041     PISSN: 14657252     EISSN: 14657260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aler/ahl004     Document Type: Article

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