Sequencing disadvantage: Barriers to employment facing young black and white men with criminal records

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 623, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 195-213

  Pager, Devah ^a,b   Western, Bruce ^a,c   Sugie, Naomi ^a,b  

^a Department of Sociology ^*

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal record; Discrimination; Employment; Low wage labor markets; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349135560     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716208330793     Document Type: Article

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