Am I still too Black for you?: Schooling and secular change in skin tone effects

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 428-433

  Loury, Linda Datcher ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; RACIAL DISPARITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349263538     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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