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Cognitive skills and Black-White wages in the United States labor market

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  • Mitra, Aparna, 2000. "Cognitive skills and Black-White wages in the United States labor market," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 29(4), pages 389-401, July.
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    1. McDonough, Ian K., 2015. "Dynamics of the black–white gap in academic achievement," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 17-33.

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