Detecting discrimination in audit and correspondence studies

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1128-1157

  Neumark, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84869475108     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.47.4.1128     Document Type: Article

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