Race and loss of privilege: African American/white differences in the determinants of job layoffs from upper-tier occupations

Sociological Forum

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-321

  Wilson, George ^a   McBrier, Debra Branch ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Job layoffs; Racial inequality; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 20944448675     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11206-005-4102-6     Document Type: Article

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