Social contacts and race/ethnic job matching

Social Forces

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 857-886

  Stainback, Kevin ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 59649116928     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0123     Document Type: Article

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