The Extent of Occupational Segregation in the United States: Differences by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-212

  Alonso Villar, Olga ^a   del Rio, Coral ^a   Gradin, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ETHNICITY; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN CAPITAL; RACE; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; WAGE GAP;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859998938     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2012.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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