The Labor Force Participation of Young Black Men: A Qualitative Examination

Social Service Review

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-88

  Laseter, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 1542472009     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/604231     Document Type: Article

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3. William Julius Wilson, The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987), p. 82; and C. P. Horton and J. C. Smith, eds., Statistical Record of Black America, 2d ed. (New York: Gale Research, Inc., 1993).
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9. Moss and Tilley (n. 6 above).
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19. Ibid.
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36. Lofland and Lofland (n. 27 above).
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39. Ibid., p. 3.
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