Gendering job competition: Immigration and african american employment in Chicago, 1990-2000

Urban Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-89

  Parks, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American employment; Gender; Immigration; Urban labor markets

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ROLE; IMMIGRATION; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; LABOR DIVISION; LABOR MARKET; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76849089499     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.31.1.59     Document Type: Article

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