TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Opportunities Lost? Race, Industrial Restructuring, and Employment among Young Women Heading Households
JO  - Social forces
A1  - Browne, Irene
SP  - 907
EP  - 929
VL  - 78
IS  - 3
N2  - Among young household heads, black women are employed at lower rates than white women, following a pattern found among young men. The current article investigates whether theories of industrial restructuring account for the lower employment rates among young black women heading households. In particular, I investigate whether processes involving deindustrialization, spatial mismatch, and skills mismatch lead to different employment outcomes for white and black women. I find that young female household heads who reside in the central city experience a drop in employment with increases in the suburbanization of low-skill jobs. In addition, young black women are losing employment from the relative expansion of retail trade industries, while young white women are not.<p /> 
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SN  - 0037-7732
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3005935
ID  - ref1
ER  -