Are black workers missing the connection? the effect of spatial distance and employee referrals on interfirm racial segregation

Demography

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 507-528

  Mouw, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PREJUDICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036676350     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088329     Document Type: Article

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