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New estimates of within occupation African American-white wage gaps

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Rodgers, W.M., Holmes, J. New estimates of within occupation African American-white wage gaps. Rev Black Polit Econ 31, 69–88 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-004-1011-5

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