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Race in the Labor Market: The Role of Equal Employment Opportunity and Other Policies

William M. Rodgers III
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences December 2019, 5 (5) 198-220; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2019.5.5.10
William M. Rodgers III
aProfessor of public policy at the Bloustein School for Planning and Public Policy, chief economist at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, and a nonresident fellow at the Century Foundation
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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
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    • UNEMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYMENT
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    • TREND ANALYSIS: EXPLAINING RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT
    • CROSS-SECTION STUDIES
    • THE POLICY FRAMEWORK
    • BLUEPRINT FOR NARROWING RACIAL INEQUALITY
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