Stories employers tell : race, skill, and hiring in America /

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"Is the United States justified in seeing itself as a meritocracy, where stark inequalities in pay and employment reflect differences in skills, education, and effort? Or does racial discrimination still permeate the labor market, resulting in the systematic underhiring and underpaying of racia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moss, Philip I.
Otros Autores: Tilly, Chris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©2001.
Colección:Multi city study of urban inequality.
Temas:
Career development > Social aspects > United States.
Minorities > Employment > United States.
Discrimination in employment > United States.
Plan de carrière > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Minorités > Travail > États-Unis.
Discrimination dans l'emploi > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Career development > Social aspects
Discrimination in employment
Minorities > Employment
Arbeitsmarkt
Rassendiskriminierung
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Racial inequality in the labor market: market forces or discrimination?
  • The scope of the study: data, methods, and the four cities
  • The skills employers seek
  • Employer perceptions of race and skill
  • Employers view the inner city / with Ivy Kennelly and Joleen Kirschenman
  • Hiring procedures and the role of formality
  • The moral of the tale: designing better labor market policies
  • Appendix A. Profiles of data sets used in this book
  • Appendix B. Descriptive statistics of variables.

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