Reversal of fortune: Explaining the decline in Black women's earnings

Gender and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 442-464

  Newsome, Yvonne D ^a   Dodoo, F Nii Amoo ^b,c  

^a AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 23844556967     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243202016004003     Document Type: Review

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