The Wage Gains of African-American Women in the 1940s
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- Bailey, Martha J. & Collins, William J., 2006. "The Wage Gains of African-American Women in the 1940s," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 66(3), pages 737-777, September.
- Martha J. Bailey & William J. Collins, 2004. "The Wage Gains of African-American Women in the 1940's," Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers 0416, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics.
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- J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination
- N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
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