Education and labor market discrimination

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1467-1496

  Lang, Kevin ^a   Manove, Michael ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b CEMFI   (Spain)

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EID: 79959877306     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.4.1467     Document Type: Article

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