The ethnic wage gap and employment differentials in the 1990s: Evidence for Britain

被引:48
作者
Blackaby, DH [1 ]
Leslie, DG
Murphy, PD
O'Leary, NC
机构
[1] Univ Coll Swansea, Dept Econ, Swansea SA2 8PP, W Glam, Wales
[2] Manchester Metropolitan Univ, Dept Econ, Manchester M15 6BG, Lancs, England
关键词
discrimination; earnings; unemployment;
D O I
10.1016/S0165-1765(97)00274-7
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
It is twenty years since Britain passed legislation to combat racial discrimination. Despite this, Britain's nonwhite ethnic minorities still appear to face substantial amounts of discrimination in the labour market. Unemployment is particularly severe. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A.
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页码:97 / 103
页数:7
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