Red counties, blue counties, and occupational segregation by sex and race

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 446-506

  McVeigh, Rory ^a   Sobolewski, Juliana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/518872     Document Type: Article

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