Stories Employers Tell : Race, Skill, and Hiring in America /

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"Stories Employers Tell demonstrates that this conventional wisdom is incomplete. Racial discrimination is still a fundamental part of the explanation of labor market disadvantage. Drawing upon a wide-ranging survey of empolyers in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Los Angeles, Philip Moss and Chri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Moss, Philip I.
Otros Autores: Tilly, Chris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rassendiskriminierung
Arbeitsmarkt
Minorities > Employment.
Discrimination in employment.
Career development > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Discrimination dans l'emploi > États-Unis.
Minorites > Travail > États-Unis.
Plan de carriere > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Discrimination in employment > United States.
Minorities > Employment > United States.
Career development > Social aspects > United States.
USA.
United States.
Electronic books.
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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