Income inequality and income segregation

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1092-1153

  Reardon, Sean F ^a   Bischoff, Kendra ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ECONOMICS; HUMANS; INCOME; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953656003     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657114     Document Type: Article

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