An empirical analysis of 'acting white'

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 380-396

  Fryer, Roland G ^a,b   Torelli, Paul ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Racial achievement gap; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951252365     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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