Identification, screening and stereotyping in labour market discrimination
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Article history: This research examines the Received 6 December 2007 Received in revised form 4 November 2008 Accepted 16 December 2008 Available online 3 January 2009
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Economics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0931-8658
DOI: 10.1007/s00712-009-0106-7