Linking home to work: Ethnic labor market concentration in the San Francisco consolidated metropolitan area

Urban Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-92

  Wang, Qingfang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment geography; Ethnic niche; Inequality; Labor market; San Francisco

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; LABOR MARKET; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749024437     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.27.1.72     Document Type: Article

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