Workplace segregation in the United States: Race, ethnicity, and skill

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 459-477

  Hellerstein, Judith K ^c   Neumark, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 49749152773     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.90.3.459     Document Type: Article

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