Diversity and Disparities : America Enters a New Century.

Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 - Diversity and Inequality: Recent Shocks and Continuing Trends - John R. Logan -- Part I - The Great Recession: The Great Divide -- Chapter 2 - A Very Uneven Road: U.S. Labor Markets in the Past Thirty Years - Harry J. Holzer and Marek Hlavac -- Chapter 3 - The Middle Class: Losing Ground, Losing Wealth - Edward N. Wolff -- Chapter 4 - Median Income and Income Inequality: From 2000 and Beyond - Richard V. Burkhauser and Jeff Larrimore -- Chapter 5 - Residential Mobility in the United States and the Great Recession: A Shift to Local Moves - Michael A. Stoll -- Chapter 6 - Cohort Trends in Housing and Household Formation Since 1990 - Emily Rosenbaum -- Chapter 7 - Residential Segregation by Income, 1970-2009 - Kendra Bischoff and Sean F. Reardon -- Part II - The Persistence of Change: Dealing with Diversity -- Chapter 8 - The Divergent Paths of American Families - Zhenchao Qian -- Chapter 9 - Diversity in Old Age: The Elderly in Changing Economic and Family Contexts - Judith A. Seltzer and Jenjira J. Yahirun -- Chapter 10 - U.S. High-Skill Immigration - John Bound and Sarah Turner -- Chapter 11 - Unauthorized Mexican Migration and the Socioeconomic Integration of Mexican Americans - Frank D. Bean, James D. Bachmeier, Susan K. Brown, Jennifer Van Hook, and Mark A. Leach -- Chapter 12 - Gender Disparities in Educational Attainment in the New Century: Trends, Causes, and Consequences - Thomas A. DiPrete and Claudia Buchmann -- Chapter 13 - Gender Disparities in Educational Attainment in the New Century: Trends, Causes, and Consequences - Thomas A. DiPrete and Claudia Buchmann -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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