This means one out of five Soviet Jews is a professional or semiprofessional worker. as against 5 percent for Russians and 4 percent for Ukrainians. On the other hand. DeWitt finds that the proportion of nonJewish nationalities in the professions is rising rapidly. It rose 15 percent during 195759. For the same period the Jewish proportion rose 4 percent. DeWitt attributes the difference to the quota system in university admissions. Its continuation. he says. will further reduce the percentage of Jews in professional employment. There is some evidence that Soviet Jews are confronted with Increasing difficulty in winning merit promotions to top industrial and administrative positions.
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