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Title: Dissimilarity on the Career Path: The Occupational Structure of the American Indian/Alaska Native Workforce
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Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: We analyze the occupational structure of the non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) workforce in the United States, relative to the non-Hispanic White workforce, using public-use census microdata. AIAN workers are generally overrepresented in low-skilled occupations and underrepresented in high-skilled occupations, relative to White workers. This pattern is stronger among men than among women and stronger among single-race AIANs than multiple-race AIANs. AIAN occupational dissimilarity does not appear to have declined substantially since 1980. Controlling for individual differences in factors such as education, age, location, and language proficiency accounts for a significant proportion of AIAN underrepresentation in high-education occupations.
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Authors: Wise, Jacob; Liebler, Carolyn A; Todd, Richard M
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Publication Number: 201701
Institution: Center for Indian Country Development
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Publisher Location: Minneapolis, MN
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Education, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity
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