How costly is affirmative action? Government contracting and California's proposition 209

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 503-522

  Marion, Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70349225799     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.3.503     Document Type: Article

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