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'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.
- Source :
- Economic Development Quarterly; Nov2002, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p294, 20p, 3 Charts, 1 Map
- Publication Year :
- 2002
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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.
- Subjects :
- EQUALITY
OCCUPATIONS & society
WOMEN employees
LABOR market
JOB hunting
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08912424
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Economic Development Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8496561
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089124202237195