Chapter 9 Why Has Black-White Skill Convergence Stopped?

Handbook of the Economics of Education

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 511-576

  Neal, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

basic skills; black white differences; convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049126668     PISSN: 15740692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0692(06)01009-9     Document Type: Review

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