Broken down by race and gender? sociological explanations of new sources of earnings inequality

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2008, Pages 237-255

  Leicht, Kevin T ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender gap; Race gap; Rising inequality; Skill bias; Workplace inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 50649093950     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.34.040507.134627     Document Type: Review

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