Skin color, sex, and educational attainment in the post-civil rights era

Social Science Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1659-1674

  Branigan, Amelia R ^a   Freese, Jeremy ^a   Patir, Assaf ^b   McDade, Thomas W ^a   Liu, Kiang ^a   Kiefe, Catarina I ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Occupational prestige; Skin color

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882949496     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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