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Particularism and racial mobility into privileged occupations.
George Wilson1, Nick Petersen1, Ryan Smith2
1University of Miami, USA.
Social Science Research
|January 24, 2019
Summary
African Americans face significant barriers to occupational mobility compared to Whites. A racialized glass ceiling limits their income and supervisory authority, even in privileged positions.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Labor Economics
- Racial Stratification Studies
Background:
- The particularistic mobility thesis is the primary explanation for African American/White differences in occupational mobility.
- Previous research has focused on limited occupational destinations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To test the applicability of the particularistic mobility thesis across a wider range of occupational destinations.
- To determine if this thesis explains a racialized glass ceiling in occupational mobility.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of a 2009-2014 Panel Study of Income Dynamics sample of men.
- Examination of mobility into four white-collar and blue-collar privileged occupational destinations.
Main Results:
- African Americans exhibit lower mobility rates than Whites across examined destinations.
- African Americans are channeled into formal, circumscribed mobility routes.
- A racialized glass ceiling was identified based on income and supervisory authority.
Conclusions:
- Findings support broadening the scope of the particularistic mobility thesis.
- Race-based access to occupational privilege is shaped by stratification factors.
- The study illuminates ongoing racial stratification in the American labor market.
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