The Importance of Segregation, Discrimination, Peer Dynamics, and Identity in Explaining Trends in the Racial Achievement Gap
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JEL classification:
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2010-08-14 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-URE-2010-08-14 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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