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Employment And Income In The Informal Sector Of The Maghreb And Mashreq Countries, Jacques Charmes
Employment And Income In The Informal Sector Of The Maghreb And Mashreq Countries, Jacques Charmes
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Economic And Social Change In A Village In Giza, Judy H. Brink
Economic And Social Change In A Village In Giza, Judy H. Brink
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Changes In The Black/White Income Ratio, 1939-87, Melvin Keys
Changes In The Black/White Income Ratio, 1939-87, Melvin Keys
Masters Theses
The Black/white income ratio (BWIR) has increased steadily from 1939-87 for families with two incomes. Early-on, the income disparity was greatest for black females compared to black males. Because of race and sex discrimination, black females were lagging far behind society in wage differences. Today, the opposite is true, black males lag far behind black females in income: compared to their white counterparts. One of the reasons for such a large reversal in income differences maybe the opportunities that were available to black females in such occupations as teaching and nursing from 1940-75.
Migration, which looks at regional composition, was …