Women's employment exit and reentry: Differences among whites, blacks, and Hispanics

Social Science Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 432-471

  Taniguchi, Hiromi ^a   Rosenfeld, Rachel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0036710978     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-089X(02)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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