Business structure, ethnic shifts in labor markets, and violence: The link between company size, local labor markets, and non-Latino homicide

Social Science Research

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 156-166

  Barranco, Raymond E ^a   Shihadeh, Edward S ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm size; Homicide; Latinos; Victimization

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HISPANIC; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; POVERTY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMERCE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; POVERTY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84907541022     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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