Chutes and ladders: Migration and male racial occupational segregation

Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-170

  White, Nancy E ^a   Wolaver, Amy M ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; RACIAL SEGREGATION;

EID: 51849150490     PISSN: 10904999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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