Unemployment, Ethnic Minorities and Discrimination

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dc.contributor.authorLESLIE, Derek
dc.contributor.authorBLACKABY, David
dc.contributor.authorDRINKWATER, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorMURPHY, Philip
dc.date.accessioned2003-11-24T17:21:26Z
dc.date.available2003-11-24T17:21:26Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.descriptionDigitised version produced by the EUI Library and made available online in 2020.
dc.description.abstractUsing a sample of around one million observations, formed by combining two micro datasets from the 1991 Census of Population, the paper explores male and female unemployment differences across Britain's ethnic minorities. The large sample size allows a detailed multivariate analysis of females for the first time. Unemployment differences are not simply the result of characteristic differences or discrimination by the white majority. High rates of unemployment for migrant workers are typical of the EU, so the methods of the paper should be of general interest. Of particular interest is the comparison between UK born and foreign born ethnic minorities. Unemployment rates among the former tend to be considerably higher, but this is accounted for by characteristic differences. Thus there is no evidence that the UK born are doing worse, as the raw data suggests, but they do not seem to becoming better assimilated either.
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dc.identifier.citationFlorence : European University Institute, 1997en
dc.identifier.issn1028-3625
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/1504
dc.language.isoen
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dc.publisherEuropean University Instituteen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUI RSCen
dc.relation.ispartofseries1997/26en
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.titleUnemployment, Ethnic Minorities and Discriminationen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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