Beyond Asian American: Examining conditions and mechanisms of earnings inequality for Filipina and Asian Indian women

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-281

  Torres Stone, Rosalie A ^a   Purkayastha, Bandana ^b   Berdahl, Terceira Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian; Earning; Ethnicity; Gender; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745929009     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2006.49.2.261     Document Type: Article

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