Article: Study: racial differences in education, employment have strongest impact on Black-White Income Inequality.(Equity and Opportunity)

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In their paper "Black-White Income Inequality and Metropolitan Socioeconomic Structure" (Journal of Urban Affairs, Volume 25, Number 3, 2003) Charles Jaret, Lesley Williams Reid and Robert Adelman examine the impact of various factors on black-white income inequality.

Using 1990 Census data and a sample of 112 metropolitan areas, the ...

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