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Autore |
Meiklejohn Susan Turner |
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Titolo |
Wages, race, skills and space : lessons from employers in Detroit's auto industry / / Susan Turner Meiklejohn |
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New York, : Garland Pub., 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-58031-6 |
1-135-58032-4 |
1-280-05699-1 |
0-203-01155-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (198 p.) |
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Collana |
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Garland reference library of social science ; ; v. 1170. Contemporary urban affairs ; ; v. 5 |
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Disciplina |
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331.6/396073077434 |
331.6396073077434 |
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Soggetti |
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Discrimination in employment - Michigan - Detroit |
African American automobile industry workers - Michigan - Detroit |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University, the Urban Center." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-181) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Study Rationale and Methodology; CHAPTER 2 Racial Segregation in the Detroit Metropolitan Area; CHAPTER 3 Employer Location Decisions; CHAPTER 4 Examining Wage Differences Between Black- and White-owned Firms; CHAPTER 5 Wages and Space; CHAPTER 6 Race and Skills; CHAPTER 7 The Persistence of Discrimination and Policy Recommendations; APPENDIX A Sample Job Wages and Benefits |
APPENDIX B Perceived Skill Differences Between Black and White and City and Suburban WorkersAPPENDIX C Sample Job and Worker Skill Characteristics; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book describes findings of a survey-based qualitative research study conducted among Detroit employers in the auto industry to evaluate explanations for why blacks are no longer catching up with whites in terms of income and employment. |
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