Relative earnings of black college graduates, 1980-2001

Race and Economic Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 50-72

  Weinberger, Catherine J ^a   Joy, Lois ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84911181249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203960783     Document Type: Chapter

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