Occupations in Brazil

In the Brazilian labor force, racial and gender disparities are evident. These disparities have to be addressed as the country rapidly develops as it has wide-reaching influences on many aspects of society, ranging from the individual’s occupational status and income to social mobility and perception.
1. Income disparity
-In Brazil, black and brown men earn only 40-50% of the income of white men. In the US, black and brown men earn 75% of the income of white men
-Whites in Brazil are 5 times more likely to be in top income bracket as compared to the blacks and the brown people VS whites in the US are only 2 times more likely to be in top income structure are compared to a black or brown person
-average monthly income of white men was at the top of the scale while non white women was at the bottom of the scale.

2. Occupational status
-In Brazil, whites are more than 3 times as likely as non whites to be in high profession jobs
-In Brazil, approximately only 2% of roughly 1,060 diplomats, one of more than 100 generals and eight of 600 federal buplic prosecution are black or brown.
-A 2003 survey of Brazil’s 500 largest businesses found only 1.8% of managers were black

3. Social mobility
-In Brazil, mid profession jobs are 2X – 3X more likely to be held by white males than non-white males of the same social class
-In Brazil, 12% of white sons are more likely to hold higher profession jobs than their fathers (if both white and non white fathers hold the same job) as compared to non white sons.
-70% of non white daughters of unskilled urban workers remained at the same occupational level as compared to white daughters whose figure is only 40%

4. Social mobility
-In all five metropolitan regions in 2003, unemployment rate was highest...

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...table by-product of globalization and man’s greedy nature. However, appropriate measures by the government to increase the accessibility of quality education to the blacks and the indigenous people will help significantly in addressing this issue.

Indeed, the problem of unequal educational opportunities for all has caught the Brazilian government’s attention in recent years. In 2012, a bill targeting racial and income inequality was passed, reserving half of the places in Brazil’s prestigious federal universities for state school students. Additionally, it implemented a 12.5% quota of university places to be reserved for black and indigenous people seeking higher education. This is a step in the right direction to reducing inequality, not just in terms of educational and occupational opportunities but also in terms of social standing and quality of life.
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