Employment and Earning Gaps in the Early Career of Ethnic Minority British Graduates: the Importance of University Choice, Parental Background and Area Characteristics

Wouter Zwysen () and Simonetta Longhi
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Wouter Zwysen: University of Essex

No 1615, RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series from Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin)

Abstract: We compare employment and earnings of British graduates belonging to ethnic minorities to those of white British six months and three and a half years after graduation. Six months after graduation all ethnic minority graduates are less likely than whites to be employed but those who have a job earn similarly or more than whites. University choice, parental background and area characteristics account for a large part of the ethnic differences in earnings but do not explain ethnic differences in employment. Three and a half years after graduation the ethnic advantages in earnings disappear while employment penalties reduce. Both employment probability and earnings increase over the career in a similar way for whites and minorities, with only few exceptions.

Keywords: School-to-work transitions; graduates; ethnic gaps; UK; longitudinal analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 J15 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-07
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