Opportunities lost? Race, industrial restructuring, and employment among young women heading households

Social Forces

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 907-929

  Browne, Irene ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034146863     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/78.3.907     Document Type: Article

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