Latino employment and residential segregation in metropolitan labor markets

Du Bois Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-184

  Dickerson Vonlockette, Niki T ^a   Johnson, Jacqueline ^b  

^a Rutgers Cooperative   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Latino; Metropolitan Labor Markets; Racial Inequality; Racial Stratification; Residential Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956227991     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X10000147     Document Type: Article

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