Skin color, immigrant wages, and discrimination

Racism in the 21st Century: An Empirical Analysis of Skin Color

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 77-90

  Hersch, Joni ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650086584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79098-5_5     Document Type: Chapter

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