Race, network hiring, and statistical discrimination

Research in the Sociology of Work

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-102

  Fernandez, Roberto M ^a   Greenberg, Jason ^a  

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Author keywords

Hiring; Networks; Race; Statistical discrimination; Taste for discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911473197     PISSN: 02772833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0277-2833(2013)0000024007     Document Type: Article

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