Barriers to a better break: Employer discrimination and spatial mismatch in metropolitan Detroit

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-141

  Turner, Susan C ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031528974     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.1997.tb00400.x     Document Type: Article

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