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Title: Racial and Ethnic Inequality in the United States: A Secular Perspective

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 1997

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Abstract: Part of a special issue on the 109th annual meeting of the American Economic Association presents one of a series of articles on African-American economic gains. Decennial censuses from 1880, 1900, 1910, 1980, and 1990 are employed to gain a longitudinal picture of the dynamics of ethnic/racial-group economic performance. Two tables list Duncan socioeconomic index occupational status scores and literacy/high school diploma attainment rates for various ethnic groups in the five censuses. A further table lists the findings of an analysis conducted to determine whether differences in these average group characteristics explain all of the intergroup disparity reflected in average measures of occupational status. It is concluded that there is a long and sustained tradition of a racially differentiated structure of opportunity in the U.S.

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Authors: Darity, William A.; Guilkey, David K.; Dietrich, Jason

Periodical (Full): American Economic Review

Issue: 2

Volume: 87

Pages: 301-305

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Race and Ethnicity

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