The econometrics of labor market segregation and discrimination
β Scribed by Shoshana Neuman; Jacques Silber
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 262 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0304-4076
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