Unequal Chances: Ethnic Minorities in Western Labour MarketsAnthony F Heath, Sin Yi Cheung, Shawna N. Smith This is the first major cross-national study of ethnic minority disadvantage in the labour market. It focuses on the experiences of the 'second generation', that is of the children of immigrants, in a range of affluent western countries (western Europe, north America, Australia, Israel). Standard analyses, using the most authoritative available datasets for each country, enable the reader to make precise comparisons. The study reveals that most groups of non-European ancestry continue to experience substantial ethnic penalties in the second (and later) generations. But the magnitude of these penalties varies quite substantially between countries, with major implications for social policy. This most authoritative account of minority groups in different countries provides important information for policy makers considering their own responses to ethnic minority disadvantage. |
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Diversity and Mobility in Australia | 45 |
Continuing Ethnic Segmentation in Austria | 103 |
The Children of Migrant Workers in the | 143 |
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Aboriginal African African Americans Afrikaner American analysis ancestry Anglo-Celtic Antillean Asian Australia Austria Belgium Black British Canada Caribbean Catholic Census chapter charter population Chinese citizenship coefficients indicate significance compared countries differences disadvantage discrimination Dutch East Asian East European Eastern economic activity educational qualifications effects Emboldened coefficients indicate ethnic groups ethnic minorities ethnic penalties Europe German higher human capital immigrant groups immigrants income Indian indigenous interaction Irish Israel Italian labour force labour market Lebanese levels of education Logistic regression Maghrebin marital status Mizrahim Model Moroccan native native-born non-European Northern Ireland occupational attainment occupational class origin Palestinians parameter estimates parents pattern petty bourgeoisie Protestant racial rates routine non-manual row percentages salariat Salariat Routine sample second-generation semi skilled manual social South Africa South European Statistics Surinamese Sweden Swedish Table third-generation tion Turkish Turks unemployed unemployment unskilled manual variables Whites women workers Yugoslav