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The ethnic wage gap and employment differentials in the 1990s: Evidence for Britain

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  • Blackaby, D. H.
  • Leslie, D. G.
  • Murphy, P. D.
  • O'Leary, N. C.

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  • Blackaby, D. H. & Leslie, D. G. & Murphy, P. D. & O'Leary, N. C., 1998. "The ethnic wage gap and employment differentials in the 1990s: Evidence for Britain," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 58(1), pages 97-103, January.
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