Accumulating disadvantage: The growth in the black-white wage gap among women

Journal of African American Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-301

  Dozier, Raine ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Racial wage inequality; Stratification; Work and occupations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954175854     PISSN: 15591646     EISSN: 19364741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12111-010-9122-5     Document Type: Article

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