Racialized customer service in restaurants: A quantitative assessment of the statistical discrimination explanatory framework

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-28

  Brewster, Zachary W ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84855934960     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2011.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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