In "The Son Also Rises," Gregory Clark presents historical data that suggests that French Americans are an underprivileged minority. They have been underrepresented among doctors and lawyers, for example.
Do General Social Survey data support this view?
Here are mean years of schooling for the French versus other white Americans:
No difference in education. Here's median income in 1986 dollars:
A lower median income for Americans of French descent. And mean job prestige:
The French have a slightly higher mean job prestige. And IQ?
Basically the same mean IQ.
Clark predicted to the French would eventually move to average levels. It looks like they've made it.
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