Walking the talk? What employers say versus what they do

American Sociological Review

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 355-380

  Pager, Devah ^a   Quillian, Lincoln ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; RACE;

EID: 23944505303     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240507000301     Document Type: Article

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