| Inequality at Work: Hispanics in the U.S. Labor Force Contributor(s): DeFreitas, Gregory (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195064216 ISBN-13: 9780195064216 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $188.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1991 Annotation: This book provides the first comprehensive economic assessment of the rapidly growing Hispanic American work force. In a wide-ranging analysis of a variety of large computerized data banks, the author presents a host of original findings on postwar trends in Hispanic wages, poverty unemployment rates, and educational attainment. The implications of these findings for current debates on income inequality, discrimination, school dropouts, and the domestic effects of immigration are thoroughly evaluated. Many of the conclusions throw into question widely held views on these issues among the public, academics, and policymakers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Social Science | Minority Studies - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 331.636 |
| LCCN: 91007283 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.4" W x 9.06" (1.08 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides the first comprehensive economic assessment of the rapidly growing Hispanic American work force. In a wide-ranging analysis of a variety of large computerized data banks, the author presents a host of original findings on postwar trends in Hispanic wages, poverty unemployment rates, and educational attainment. The implications of these findings for current debates on income inequality, discrimination, school dropouts, and the domestic effects of immigration are thoroughly evaluated. Many of the conclusions throw into question widely held views on these issues among the public, academics, and policymakers. |