Diminished economic return of socioeconomic status for black families

Social Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Assari, Shervin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Education; Ethnic groups; Ethnicity; Families; Income; Parents; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 85049221023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20760760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/SOCSCI7050074     Document Type: Article

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