Earnings gaps for Canadian-born visible minorities in the public and private sectors

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-43

  Hou, Feng ^a   Coulombe, Simon ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earnings gaps; Private sector; Public sector; Visible minorities

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; INCOME; MINORITY GROUP; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; WAGE GAP;

CANADA;

EID: 77951437309     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.36.1.29     Document Type: Article

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