ETHNICITY, GEOGRAPHY, AND OCCUPATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF HISPANIC MEN IN THE UNITED-STATES

Using data from the Survey of Income and Education of the Census Bureau, I examine occupational inequality between Hispanic and non-Hispanic white men in the US. I hypothesize that Hispanic occupational disadvantage is affected by the geographic distribution of Hispanics, and the subgroup structure of the Hispanic population. However, results indicate that neither variable has a strong effect. Instead, the results support a pattern of "conditional occupational assimilation'. I also reconsider the concept of ethnicity effects on occupational inequality. -from Author