The use of field experiments for studies of employment discrimination: Contributions, critiques, and directions for the future

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 609, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-133

  Pager, Devah ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit study; Discrimination; Employment; Field experiment; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845670442     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716206294796     Document Type: Article

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