Racial and ethnic differences in job searching in urban centers

Urban Inequality: Evidence From Four Cities

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 341-371

  Falcón, Luis M ^a   Melendez, Edwin ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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