Full Description
In Race and Gender Discrimination at Work Samuel Cohns provides a fascinating, unorthodox account of the causes of discrimination at work. The book is packed with statistics, yet witty; rigorous, yet light. Cohn introduces readers to the fundamental realities of race and gender barriers in the workplace, and he goes beyond these as well by introduc
Contents
1 Has the Problem of Inequality Gone Away?, 2 Discrimination and Market Competition, 3 What Determines If a Job Is Male or Female?, 4 Why Are Women Confined to Low-Status Jobs?, 5 Why Are Women Paid Less Than Men?, 6 Why Are Blacks More Likely to Be Unemployed Than Are Whites?, 7 Twenty-Six Things to Remember About Discrimination