Combining preferences and processes: An integrated approach to black-white labor market inequality

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-38

  Kornrich, Sabino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 70349318453     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597792     Document Type: Article

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