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Immigrant Wage Differentials, Ethnicity and Occupational Clustering

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Robert Elliott
Joanne Kathryn Lindley () (Department of Economics, The University of Sheffield)

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The economic performance and a related discussion on the existence, or otherwise, of racial discrimination in the UK labour market for migrants and ethnic minorities are of great interest to policymakers. In this paper we investigate the concept of occupational clustering as an explanation for the relatively poor earnings performance of non-white migrants and non-white natives. Although occupational clustering and other human capital and socio-economic factors provide a partial explanation for the raw earnings differential, evidence of ethnic based disadvantage persists.

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Paper provided by The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 2006008.

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Keywords: Discrimination; earnings; occupation.;

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J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies
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  1. Yann Algan & Christian Dustmann & Albrecht Glitz & Alan Manning, 2009. "The Economic Situation of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in France, Germany, and the UK," CReAM Discussion Paper Series 0922, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London. [Downloadable!]
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