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Statistical prejudice: from eugenics to immigrants

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  • Levy, David M. & Peart, Sandra J., 2004. "Statistical prejudice: from eugenics to immigrants," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 5-22, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:poleco:v:20:y:2004:i:1:p:5-22
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    1. William Darity Jr. (ed.), 1995. "Economics And Discrimination," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, volume 0, number 542.
    2. Sandra J. Peart, 2001. ""Facts Carefully Marshalled" in the Empirical Studies of William Stanley Jevons," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 33(5), pages 252-276, Supplemen.
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    9. Levy, David M., 2001. "How the Dismal Science Got its Name: Debating Racial Quackery," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 23(1), pages 5-35, March.
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    5. Terenzio Maccabelli, 2008. "Social Anthropology in Economic Literature at the End of the 19th Century: Eugenic and Racial Explanations of Inequality," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 67(3), pages 481-527, July.

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