Black employment, segregation, and the social organization of metropolitan labor markets

Economic Geography

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-307

  Dickerson, Niki T ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks or African Americans; Employment; Metropolitan areas; Residential segregation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK POPULATION; EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; METROPOLITAN AREA; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL SEGREGATION;

EID: 34848849305     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2007.tb00355.x     Document Type: Article

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