Measuring Labour Differences between Natives, Non-Natives, and Natives with an Ethnic-Minority Background

Nick Drydakis

No 10981, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Through a field study we measure differences in employment outcomes between natives, non-natives, and natives with an ethnic-minority background. It is suggested that the joint effect of productivity uncertainties and distastes against ethnic-minority groups should be higher for non-natives than for natives with an ethnic-minority background. However, it is revealed that both non-natives and natives with an ethnic-minority background face comparable occupational access constraints and are sorted into similarly lower paid vacancies. An ethnic name regardless of one's nationality is enough to generate unequal treatments.

Keywords: ethnic minorities; wages; occupational access; discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J31 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2017-08
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Published - published in: Economics Letters, 2017, 161, 27 - 30

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