Permanent income and the black-white test score gap

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 509-544

  Rothstein, Jesse ^a   Wozny, Nathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84884937818     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.48.3.510     Document Type: Article

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