Race and Gender Discrimination Across Urban Labor Markets

Informationen zum Autor Susanne Schmitz Zusammenfassung This study, first published in 1996, investigates the effects that local labor market conditions may have on the economic status of women and blacks, relative to their white male counterparts. More precisely, it examines the impact that local labor market conditions have on estimates of labor market discrimination investigated in this study are wage discrimination and occupational discrimination. This title will be of interest to students of sociology, gender studies and urban studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction 2. Review of the Literature 3. Local Labor Markets and Discrimination 4. The Wage Model: Empirical Specification and Results 5. The Occupational Distributions of Women and Blacks Relative to White Men 6. Summary and Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Product details

• Authors: Susanne Schmitz, Susanne (Elmhurst College Schmitz
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138036956
• ISBN: 978-1-138-03695-6
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies; Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups, Urban communities, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Urban communities / city life