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    The Unequal Race for Good Jobs: How Whites Made Outsized Gains in Education and Good Jobs Compared to Blacks and Latinos

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    Carnevale, Anthony
    Strohl, Jeff
    Gulish, Artem
    Van Der Werf, Martin
    Peltier Campbell, Kathryn
    Abstract
    The American job machine has performed well over the past 25 years. Between 1991 and 2016, employment among White, Black, and Latino workers grew by 20 percent, while employment in good jobs soared by 35 percent. Yet the opportunities and benefits of the modern economy have not accrued evenly across the three groups. Discrimination and a history of racial injustice in this country have led to Whites gaining a disproportionate edge in educational opportunity and good jobs.
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    Date Published
    2019
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    Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
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