Labor force attachment and the evolving wage gap between white, black, and hispanic young women

Work and Occupations

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-398

  Alon, Sigal ^a   Haberfeld, Yitchak ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Careers; Racial and ethnic differences; School to work transition; Wage inequality; Women's employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448966187     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888407307247     Document Type: Article

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