The changing geography of male joblessness in urban America: 1970 to 2000

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-135

  Wagmiller Jr , Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment issues; Minorities; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649115523     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2008.9521628     Document Type: Article

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