The Comparative Study of Ethnic Minority Disadvantage
in Unequal Chances
October 2007; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: race and ethnicity. 17311 words.
Ethnic minority disadvantage in the labour market has been a matter of growing concern in many developed countries in recent years. Discrimination on the basis of ascriptive factors, such as social...
Continuing Ethnic Segmentation in Austria
in Unequal Chances
October 2007; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: race and ethnicity. 13524 words.
Austria has fairly complex patterns of post-World War II immigration. In addition to classic labour migrants from Turkey and the former Yugoslavia, there have been considerable inflows of refugees...
Crossnational Patterns and Processes of Ethnic Disadvantage
in Unequal Chances
October 2007; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: race and ethnicity. 21222 words.
The experience of the second generation of migrants gives a clearer idea of whether liberal developed countries of Europe and North America provide equal opportunities to all their citizens,...
Diversity and Mobility in Australia
in Unequal Chances
October 2007; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: race and ethnicity. 22663 words.
The story of ethnic relations in Australia has been very much a story of two groups: the Indigenes and the migrants. One of the major themes evident in this analysis of the Australian ancestry data...
Down and Out: The Children of Migrant Workers in the Belgian Labour Market
in Unequal Chances
October 2007; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: race and ethnicity. 14481 words.
Belgium has three major ethnic minorities – Italians, Moroccans, and Turks – originating from guest workers who arrived in the post-war period. These groups continue to experience significant ethnic...
Educational Hurdles on the Way to Structural Assimilation in Germany
in Unequal Chances
October 2007; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: race and ethnicity. 14901 words.
There are five major groups of classic ‘labour migrants’ in Germany: Greeks, Italians, (ex-)Yugoslavs, Turks, and Iberians, with the Turks being the largest single group. Today, there are significant...
Equal Opportunities or Social Closure in the Netherlands?
in Unequal Chances
October 2007; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: race and ethnicity. 15733 words.
There are four major ethnic-minority groups in the Netherlands: labour migrants from Turkey and Morocco, together with migrants from former Dutch colonies in the Caribbean, namely, Antilles and...
The Farther They Come, the Harder They Fall? First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in the Swedish Labour Market
in Unequal Chances
October 2007; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: race and ethnicity. 22891 words.
Sweden has been an immigrant country since World War II, with a mix of labour (especially from neighbouring Nordic countries) and refugee immigration up to the early 1970s and a large inflow of...
Inclusion for all but Aboriginals in Canada
in Unequal Chances
October 2007; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: race and ethnicity. 13223 words.
Canada is a classic country of immigration, with 21 percent of its working-age population being first generation and a further 9 percent second generation. It employs a ‘point system’ for selection...
Instant Absorption of Immigrants and Persistent Exclusion of Arab Citizens in Israel
in Unequal Chances
October 2007; published online February 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: race and ethnicity. 14059 words.
There is no ‘host’ group in Israel; all but a small fraction of the population are either immigrants, children of immigrants, or members of an excluded indigenous minority. In addition, Israel is...