Unequal Chances: Ethnic Minorities in Western Labour Markets
Anthony F Heath and Sin Yi Cheung
Abstract
This is a 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 ... More
This is a 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 account of minority groups in different countries provides important information for policy makers considering their own responses to ethnic-minority disadvantage.
Keywords:
ethnic-minority disadvantage,
labour market,
immigrants,
Western Europe,
North America,
Australia,
Israel,
ethnic penalties,
social policy,
minority groups
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2007 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780197263860 |
| Published to British Academy Scholarship Online: January 2012 |
DOI:10.5871/bacad/9780197263860.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Anthony F Heath, editor
Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy
Sin Yi Cheung, editor
Principal Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Oxford Brookes University
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