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Title: College as an Investment: The Role of Graduation Rates in Changing Occupational Inequality by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: In this paper, we examine whether investments in higher education have contributed to changes in occupationalinequality by focusing on the impact of college completion rates on movement into desirable occupations between 1983 and 2002. Since forces generating inequality vary by gender, race, and ethnicity, we examine trends for white, black, and Hispanic men and women in our study. Utilizing Ordinary Least Squares Regression on data from 20 Current Population Surveys, we find a modest decrease in both gender and racial inequality in access to desirable occupations and an increase in inequality between Hispanics and members of the other groups. College completion accounts for the progress made by white women and for the declines among Hispanic men. It does not explain changes for African Americans, either between men and women or when compared to whites.

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Authors: Krymkowski, Daniel H.; Mintz, Beth

Periodical (Full): Race and Social Problems

Issue: 1

Volume: 3

Pages: 1-12

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity

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