| Contents |
Latinas and African American women in the U.S. labor market / Irene Browne -- The economic progress of African American women / Mary Corcoran -- Losing ground: the erosion of the relative earnings of African American women during the 1980s / John Bound and Laura Dresser -- The economic progress of Mexican and Puerto Rican women / Mary Corcoran, Colleen M. Heflin, and Belinda L. Reyes -- Gender, race, ethnicity, and wages / Paula England, Karen Christopher, and Lori L. Reid -- Occupational segregation by race and ethnicity among women workers / Barbara F. Reskin -- Generational paths into and out of work: personal narratives of Puerto Rican women in New York / Aixa N. Cintrón-Vélez -- Mexican-origin women in southwestern labor markets / Susan González Baker -- Getting off and staying off: racial differences in the work route off welfare / Kathryn Edin and Kathleen Mullan Harris -- Stereotypes and realities: images of black women in the labor market / Irene Browne and Ivy Kennelly -- Perceptions of workplace discrimination among black and white professional-managerial women / Elizabeth Higginbotham and Lynn Weber -- Black women and the new world order: toward a fit in the economic marketplace / Delores P. Aldridge -- Now you see 'em, now you don't: race, ethnicity, and gender in labor market research / Barbara F. Reskin and Camille Z. Charles -- Latinas and African American women in the labor market: implications for policy / Joya Misra. |
