Stories Employers Tell Race, Skill, and Hiring in America / Philip Moss and Chris Tilly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moss, Philip I.

Contributor:

Tilly, Chris.

Series:

Multi city study of urban inequality.

A volume in the multi-city study of urban inequality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in employment--United States.

Discrimination in employment.

Minorities--Employment--United States.

Minorities.

Career development--Social aspects--United States.

Career development.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Is the United States justified in seeing itself as a meritocracy, where stark inequalities in pay and employment reflect differences in skills, education,and effort?Or does racial discrimination still permeate the labor market, resulting in the systematic under hiring and underpaying of racial minorities, regardless of merit?.

Contents:

Contents ; About the Authors ; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1. Racial Inequality in the Labor Market: Market Forces or Discrimination? ; Chapter 2. The Scope of the Study: Data, Methods, and the Four Cities ; Chapter 3. The Skills Employers Seek ; Chapter 4. Employer Perceptions of Race and Skill ; Chapter 5. Employers View the Inner City - with Ivy Kennelly and Joleen Kirschenman ; Chapter 6. Hiring Procedures and the Role of Formality ; Chapter 7. 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 Notes ; References ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781610444101

1610444108

OCLC:

906809676