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Discrimination at the Top: American‐Born Asian and White Men
Author(s) -
DULEEP HARRIET ORCUTT,
SANDERS SETH
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-232x.1992.tb00318.x
Subject(s) - microdata (statistics) , asian americans , earnings , white (mutation) , demography , census , demographic economics , ethnic group , asian indian , geography , political science , economics , sociology , population , biochemistry , chemistry , accounting , law , gene
Asians are perceived as doing very well, and, indeed, the average earnings of several Asian groups exceed those of whites. However, although entering well‐paying positions, Asians may be prevented from further advancement by an invisible “glass ceiling.” Using microdata from the 1980 census to examine the economic status of American‐born men in five Asian groups, we find that the average Asian man earns as much as non‐Hispanic white men, but, adjusting for occupation and industry, highly educated Asian men in all five groups earn less than their white counterparts.