Parks, Virginia.

Geography of Immigrant Labor Markets : Space, Networks, and Gender. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (195 pages)

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Shape of Immigrant Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Social and Spatial Accessibility -- Mapping Immigrant Residence and Work -- How Local the Immigrant Labor Market? -- Connecting Neighborhood and Home to Ethnic Labor Market Segregation -- Connecting Neighborhood and Home to Black and Immigrant Women's Labor Force Participation -- Gendering the Nexus of Work, Residence, Networks, and Urban Form -- Measuring Space: Commute Data -- Measuring Space: Spatial Accessibility Indices -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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Foreign workers -- United States.
Women foreign workers -- United States.
Labor market -- United States.
Immigrants -- United States.
Social networks -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Discrimination in employment -- United States.
Discrimination in housing -- United States.


Electronic books.

HD8081.A5 -- P365 2005eb

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