Understanding Pay Gaps

Amadxarif, Zahid; Angeli, Marilena; Haldane, Andrew; Zemaityte, Gabija

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3647190

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“…Yet labour market conditions remain challenging for ethnic minorities. Unemployment and economic inactivity are more prevalent among ethnic minorities of working age than they are for white individuals, and those in employment experience substantial wage gaps, even when one conditions on differences in human capital and other earnings-enhancing traits (Blackaby et al 2002;Dustmann and Theodoropoulos, 2010;Longhi and Brynin, 2017;Evans, 2020;Amadxarif et al, 2020;Manning and Rose, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Role of the Workplace in Ethnic Wage Differentials

2021

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The Role of the Workplace in Ethnic Wage Differentials

2021

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“…However, scarce research has studied ethnicity disparities in job control. The main focus of the research to date on ethnicity disparities in the labour market to date has been on differential unemployment chances (Li & Heath, 2020), and for those in employment, differences in extrinsic aspects of job quality such as pay and insecurity (Brynin & Güveli, 2012;Bank of England, 2019;Evans, 2019;Forth et al, 2022). For instance, Felstead et al (2020, p. 42) found BAME workers were twice as likely as White British to have zero-hours contracts and working at short notice, while Heyes et al (2018, p. 425) found BAME workers were more likely to be in casual work.…”

Section: Job Control and Ethnicitymentioning

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Ethnicity disparities in job control in the United Kingdom

Williams,

Wang,

Koumenta

2023

Industrial Relations Journal

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Despite widely‐reported ethnicity disparities in pay and occupational attainment, little is known about how different ethnic groups fare in job control—a crucial component of job quality with significant implications for well‐being and health. Drawing on two large‐scale representative datasets in the United Kingdom (1992–2022), we find that workers from all Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups conditionally report significantly lower job control than their White British counterparts, although heterogeneity exists depending on the BAME group in question. Ethnicity penalties are also most pronounced for foreign‐born workers. Despite a slow trend towards convergence, ethnicity disparities have remained significant over the last three decades. We further show that disparities are largely unexplained by compositional factors such as pay and occupation, demonstrating ethnicity penalties in job control. By linking ethnicity to job control, this study contributes to the growing research on BAME workers in the labour market, as well as the literatures on job quality and multisegmented labour markets.

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“…Finding a new job in a new country of residence is often said to be an exhausting endeavour for migrants (Hack-Polay, 2019). The disadvantage experienced by some social categories in employment is associated with educational attainment, social class, gender and race and ethnicity, and length of stay in Britain (Amadxarif, Angeli et al, 2020;Anthias & Yuval-Davis, 2005). These issues bear significance concerning the place that migrants occupy in a host labour market.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework: Dual Labour Market Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%