Ethnic Minorities in the European Union: An Overview

Martin Kahanec, Anzelika Zaiceva and Klaus Zimmermann ()

No 5397, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper sheds light on the labor market situation of ethnic minorities in the European Union. Facing a serious measurement challenge and lacking adequate data, we apply several measures of ethnicity and examine various data sources as well as secondary evidence. We find significant gaps between ethnic minority and majority populations in terms of labor market outcomes. In particular, ethnic minorities appear to face disproportional difficulties in finding a job. Although experience in the host country improves the status of immigrant minorities, we do not find any clear assimilation of further immigrant generations. Roma people seem to face particularly grave integration barriers in European labor markets.

Keywords: ethnicity; unemployment; migration; labor market; ethnic minority; labor force participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J15 J61 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2010-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-lab and nep-mig
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Published - published in: M. Kahanec and K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), Ethnic Diversity in European Labor Markets. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011, 1-30

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