Race and Unemployment Amidst the New Diversity: More Evidence of a Black/Non-Black Divide

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-170

  Emeka, Amon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black disadvantage; Ethnicity; Joblessness; Race; Racial inequality; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455255274     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-009-9012-4     Document Type: Article

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