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Start Over Topic equality Journal economic development quarterly Region san francisco (calif.)
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1. 'I Name It and I Claim It--In the Name of Jesus, This Job Is Mine': Job Search, Networks, and Careers for Low-Income Women.

Author

Chapple, Karen

Subjects
EQUALITY, OCCUPATIONS & society, WOMEN employees, LABOR market, JOB hunting
Abstract

Presents a study that examined why job histories differ, with particular focus on how the use of social contacts reinforces and reproduces inequality for low-income women in San Francisco, California. Discussion on variation within the labor market segment; Information on the factors that affect job search; Background on human capital theory.

Published
2002
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