Gender, race, local labor markets and occupational devaluation

Sociological Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-230

  Jacobs, Jerry A ^a   Blair Loy, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 85007884414     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.1996.10570641     Document Type: Article

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