Economic grounds for affirmative action: The evidence on architects and engineers in South Florida

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 515-538

  Carvajal, Manuel J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Discrimination; Earnings; Ethnic disparities; Gender disparities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845789990     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346760601024476     Document Type: Article

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