Last hired, first fired? Black-white unemployment and the business cycle

Demography

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 227-247

  Couch, Kenneth A ^a   Fairlie, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77950138037     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0086     Document Type: Article

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