Do sheepskin effects help explain racial earnings differences?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 759-766

  Bitzan, John D ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational economics; Human capital; Salary wage differentials

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; RACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAGE GAP;

EID: 70350199639     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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