Sources of structural inequality in managerial labor markets

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 21, Issue C, 2004, Pages 167-185

  Khurana, Rakesh ^a   Jan Piskorski, Mikołaj ^a  

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EID: 33846017832     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0276-5624(04)21009-5     Document Type: Review

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