Open AccessOccupational Differences by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 2007-2018
Author(s) -
Kusum Singh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
research in applied economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5433
DOI - 10.5296/rae.v13i2.18559
Subject(s) - ethnic group , race (biology) , distribution (mathematics) , demography , medicine , geography , political science , sociology , mathematics , gender studies , mathematical analysis , law
This study examines the extent and reasons for differences in occupational distributions by race and ethnicity in the U.S. labor market from 2007 to 2018. Using IPUMS data, the study found that racial differences in occupational distributions were lower than ethnic disparities in occupational distributions. Racial disparity in occupational distributions increased slightly, while the ethnic disparity in occupational distributions decreased from 2007 to 2018. Most importantly, racial and ethnic disparities in occupational distributions were found to be not only due to observed socio-demographic variables of workers but also due to other unexplained factors. The effect of unexplained variables had more pronounced effects on the racial differences in occupational distributions than on the ethnic differences in occupational distributions.