Race, affirmative action, and women's employment in US highway construction

Feminist Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-113

  Price, Vivian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Construction worker; Judicial oversight; Labor unions; Nontraditional; Occupational segregation by race and gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036663698     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700210167314     Document Type: Article

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