Contents
Contributors
Introduction: Latinas and African American Women in the U.S. Labor Market - Irene Browne
Part I. Employment and Earnings Among Latinas and African American Women
Chapter 1. The Economic Progress of African American Women - Mary Corcoran
Chapter 2. Losing Ground: The Erosion of the Relative Earnings of African American Women during the 1980s - John Bound and Laura Dresser
Chapter 3. The Economic Progress of Mexican and Puerto Rican Women - Mary Corcoran, Colleen M. Heflin, and Belinda L. Reyes
Chapter 4. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Wages - Paula England, Karen Christopher, and Lori L. Reid
Chapter 5. Occupational Segregation by Race and Ethnicity among Women Workers - Barbara F. Reskin
Part II. The Dynamics of Race and Gender in the Labor Market
Chapter 6. Generational Paths Into and Out of Work:
Personal Narratives of Puerto Rican Women in New York
- Aixa N. Cintron-Wlez
Chapter 7. Mexican-Origin Women in Southwestern Labor Markets - Susan Gonzalez Baker
Chapter 8. Getting Off and Staying Off: Racial Differences in the Work Route Off Welfare - Kathryn Edin and Kathleen Mullan Harris
Chapter 9. Stereotypes and Realities: Images of Black Women In the Labor Market - Irene Browne and Ivy Kennelly
Chapter 10. Perceptions of Workplace Discrimination among Black and White Professional-Managerial Women - Elizabeth Higginbotham and Lynn Weber
Part III. New Directions for Social Theory and Policy
Chapter 11. Black Women and the New World Order: Toward a Fit in the Economic Marketplace - Delores P. Aldridge
Chapter 12. Now You See 'Em, Now You Don't: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Labor Market Research
- Barbara F. Reskin and Camille Z. Charles
Chapter 13. Latinas and African American Women in the Labor Market: Implications for Policy - Joya Misra
Index