Inequalities and prospects: Ethnicity and legal status in the construction labor force after Hurricane Katrina

Organization and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 470-478

  Vinck, Patrick ^a,b   Pham, Phuong N ^a,b   Fletcher, Laurel E ^a   Stover, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Immigrant worker; Inequalities; Katrina; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR POLICY; LATINO PEOPLE; LEGAL SYSTEM; WAGE GAP;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72149110624     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026609347192     Document Type: Article

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