Racial and ethnic differences in wealth

Race and Economic Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 29-49

  Gittleman, Maury ^a   Wolff, Edward N ^b,c,d  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84911085872     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203960783     Document Type: Chapter

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