White discrimination in provision of black education: Plantations and towns

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1490-1530

  Canaday, Neil ^a   Tamura, Robert ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bowling Green State University   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Discrimination; Education; Income convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349130231     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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