TY - BOOK AU - Moss,Philip I. AU - Tilly,Chris TI - Stories employers tell: race, skill, and hiring in America T2 - A volume in the multi-city study of urban inequality SN - 0871546329 (pbk.) AV - HF5549.5.C35 M674 2001 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Russell Sage Foundation KW - Career development KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Minorities KW - Employment KW - Discrimination in employment N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Racial inequality in the labor market: market forces or discrimination? -- The scope of the study: data, methods, and the four cities -- The skills employers seek -- Employer perceptions of race and skill -- Employers view the inner city / with Ivy Kennelly and Joleen Kirschenman -- Hiring procedures and the role of formality -- The moral of the tale: designing better labor market policies -- Appendix A. Profiles of data sets used in this book -- Appendix B. Descriptive statistics of variables ER -