Unequal Chances Ethnic Minorities in Western Labour Markets

by Heath, Anthony F; Cheung, Sin Yi

• ISBN13: 9780197263860
• ISBN10: 0197263860
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-15
• Publisher: British Academy

Summary

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).

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. xv
The Comparative Study of Ethnic Minority Disadvantage	p. 1
Diversity and Mobility in Australia	p. 45
Continuing Ethnic Segmentation in Austria	p. 103
Down and Out: The Children of Migrant Workers in the Belgian Labour Market	p. 143
Inclusion for all but Aboriginals in Canada	p. 181
Is French Society Truly Assimilative? Immigrant Parents and Offspring on the French Labour Market	p. 221
Educational Hurdles on the Way to Structural Assimilation in Germany	p. 271
Instant Absorption of Immigrants and Persistent Exclusion of Arab Citizens in Israel	p. 321
Equal Opportunities or Social Closure in the Netherlands?	p. 359
The Legacy of Apartheid: Racial Inequalities in the New South Africa	p. 403
The Farther They Come, the Harder They Fall? First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in the Swedish Labour Market	p. 451
Nice Work if You can Get it: Ethnic Penalties in Great Britain	p. 507
Progress in Reducing Catholic Disadvantage in Northern Ireland	p. 551
The New Second Generation at the Turn of the New Century: Europeans and non-Europeans in the US labour market	p. 591
Crossnational Patterns and Processes of Ethnic Disadvantage	p. 639
Author Index	p. 697
Subject Index	p. 703
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