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Using Brazil’s Racial Continuum to Examine the Short-Term Effects of Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Andrew M. Francis and Maria Tannuri-Pianto
Journal of Human Resources, July 2012, 47 (3) 754-784; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.47.3.754
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