The incentive to work hard: Differences in black and white workers’ hours and preferences

Working Time: International Trends, Theory and Policy Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 106-126

  Bell, Linda A ^a  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203183441-7     Document Type: Chapter

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