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The Importance of Cost of Living and Education in Estimates of the Conditional Wage Gap Between Black and White Women

Peter McHenry and Melissa McInerney
Journal of Human Resources, July 2014, 49 (3) 695-722; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.49.3.695
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vol. 49 no. 3 695-722
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.49.3.695
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received February 1, 2012
  • Accepted June 1, 2013
  • Published online July 31, 2014.
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© 2014 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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  1. Peter McHenry
  1. Melissa McInerney
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    • Appendix 4 A Model of Employer Discrimination, Wage Gaps, and Cost of Living
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