Conceptualizing and measuring ethnicity

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-436

  Brown, Graham K ^a   Langer, Arnim ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMETRICS; ETHNICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 78649704930     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2010.525629     Document Type: Article

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