Spatial-Ethnic Inequalities: The Role of Location in the Estimation of Ethnic Wage Differentials

Simonetta Longhi

No 11073, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Analyses of ethnic and racial wage differentials neglect the fact that minorities cluster in urban and in more deprived areas. This paper estimates ethnic wage differentials by comparing minorities to the majority in the same local labour market and therefore facing similar socio-economic conditions. Location is important: in the UK ethnic wage differentials and their variation across areas are partly explained by job characteristics and especially occupation. Since minorities in some areas are worse off compared to minorities in other areas, there may be scope for policy to incentivise mobility of specific groups.

Keywords: unequal distribution; spatial location; wage differentials; ethnicity; race; multilevel models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J71 R10 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2017-10
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-geo, nep-lma and nep-ure
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Published - published as 'Does Geographical Location Matter for Ethnic Wage Gaps?' in: Journal of Regional Science, 2020, 60 (3), 538-557

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