Double jeopardy? The interaction of gender and race on earnings in the United States

Social Forces

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1217-1244

  Greenman, Emily ^a   Xie, Yu ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 42149103783     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0008     Document Type: Article

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