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Family connections and the black-white wealth gap among middle-class families

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Chiteji, N.S., Hamilton, D. Family connections and the black-white wealth gap among middle-class families. Rev Black Polit Econ 30, 9–28 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02808169

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