Res Soc Strat Mob V 16

Part 1 The changing international context of social stratification: education and earnings in Nigeria, 1974-1992, Stephen L. Morgan, William R. Morgan; educational opportunity, aspirations and attainments in urban China and Taiwan, C. Montgomery Broaded; earnings of native-born Jewish and Arab men in Israel, 1987-1993, Yitchak Haberfeld, Yinon Cohen; structure, culture, and sex segregation in western Europe, Maria Charles; class biography and class consciousness in Australia, Mark Western. Part 2 Race, immigration and life chances: immigrant Latino representation and earnings penalties in occupations, Lisa Xatanzarite; linking racism to birthweight disparities in the United States, Augustine Kposowa, Pamela D. Preston; the declining significance of race among Chinese and Japanese American men, Arthur Sakamoto et al; personal contacts and post-hire job outcomes - theoretical and empirical notes on the significance of matching methods, James E. Coverdill; income stratification at retirement - continuity or change? Jean Wright. Part 3 The distinctiveness of independent business as a locus of social stratification: passing on privilege - resources provided by self-employed parents to their self-employed children, Howard Aldrich et al; same song, different verse - labour market processes and self-employment success, Mark McCrary; a community of interest - understanding relationships between franchisers and franchisees, David B. Bills.