Occupational Stratification over the Life Course: A Comparison of Occupational Trajectories Across Race and Gender during the 1980s and 1990s

Work and Occupations

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 440-473

  Miech, Richard A ^a   Eaton, William ^a   Liang, Kung Yee ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth curve; Occupations; Socioeconomic status; Stratification; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142215258     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888403256459     Document Type: Article

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