blog:White men get more job opportunities than women, minorities
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that white men receive significantly more tips about job opportunities than women and racial minorities, especially among people in upper management positions.
They say that their findings highlight racial and gender inequality in the labour market.
“Our research shows that 95 times out of 100, white men receive more job leads than white women or Hispanic men or women,” says Dr. Steve McDonald, an assistant professor of sociology at NC State, the lead author of the study.
On average, according to the researchers, there is no difference in the number of job leads received by white men compared to black men and women.
“However, white males receive more job leads when they are high-level supervisors, while black men and women receive more job leads when they are in non-management positions that supervise no one,” McDonald says.
The research team’s findings suggest that the disparity between white men, minorities and women is greatest among workers in high-level management.
McDonald says: “These gender and race differences in access to job opportunities help to explain why white men continue to fill a disproportionately large number of jobs in upper management.”
The study examined data from a nationally representative survey of 3,000 people, and looked at the amount of information people received about job opportunities through routine conversations without asking for it.
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