Racial disparity in unemployment

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-42

  Ritter, Joseph A ^a   Taylor, Lowell J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79957460555     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00063     Document Type: Article

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