Racial income inequality and public sector privatization

Social Problems

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-185

  Wilson, George ^a   Roscigno, Vincent J ^b   Huffman, Matt ^c  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Income; Public sector; Racial inequality; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002241937     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spv001     Document Type: Article

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