Black Canadians and black Americans: Racial income inequality in comparative perspective

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 473-495

  Attewell, Paul ^a   Kasinitz, Philip ^a   Dunn, Kathleen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Canadian multiculturalism; Census; Economic mobility; Racial inequality; Second generation; United States

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MULTICULTURALISM; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WAGE GAP;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77149163845     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870903085883     Document Type: Article

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