Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/252223 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15099
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Ethnic minority men find it harder to obtain good jobs in the UK labour market than White British men. Over time, while the very high unemployment rates experienced by some non-white ethnic groups have significantly declined and their share of good jobs has grown, their share of bad jobs has grown by more. Bad jobs have replaced no jobs for these groups with Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black Caribbean, and Black African men doing worst. In economic downturns access to good jobs gets relatively harder for some non-white ethnic minority groups compared to the White British majority. The second (UK-born) generation fares better in access to good jobs compared to their foreign-born counterparts. In particular second-generation Bangladeshis and Black Africans experience a higher probability of being in good jobs than the previous generation.
Subjects: 
ethnic groups
job quality
business cycles
labour markets
JEL: 
J62
J71
J81
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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