Race and ethnic inequality in educational attainment in the United States

Ethnicity and Causal Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 107-138

  Hirschman, Charles ^a   Lee, Jennifer C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84923451523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139140348.007     Document Type: Chapter

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