The external effects of black male incarceration on black females

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-35

  Mechoulan, Stéphane ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 78651322074     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656370     Document Type: Article

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