The educational attainment, labour market participation and living conditions of young Roma in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania

Jaromir Cekota () and Claudia Trentini ()
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Jaromir Cekota: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Claudia Trentini: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

No 2011_2, ECE Discussion Papers Series from UNECE

Abstract: This paper investigates the educational attainment, labour market participation and living conditions of young Roma adults in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania based on data from the generations and gender surveys and other sources of information. It shows that in spite of a small improvement in the educational attainment of young Roma in comparison to the generation of their parents, the educational achievement and employment gaps have increased considerably during the post-communist period. The paper also compares living conditions of the Roma with other population groups. It concludes with a discussion of policy challenges.

Keywords: minorities; Roma; discrimination; employment; education; transition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 I31 J15 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2011-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-edu, nep-eur, nep-lab and nep-tra
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Published in United Nations ECE Discussion Paper Series, No. 2011_2

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