Wages, Sorting on Skill, and the Racial Composition of Jobs
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Wages, Sorting on Skill, and the Racial Composition of Jobs Author(s): Barry T. Hirsch and David A. Macpherson Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 22, No. 1 (January 2004), pp. 189-210 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Society of Labor Economists and the NORC at the University of Chicago Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/380407 . Accessed: 19/04/2012 18:30
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تاریخ انتشار 2003