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标题：Are ethnic minorities fairly treated in the UK labour market?
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作者：Mohammad Rezaul Karim
期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：3
页码：1770-1786
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：Racial and ethnic inequality means uneven distribution or under representation of population at the workplace on basis of race and ethnicity comparing with the rate of total active population of a country. There has been a racial and ethnic inequality in employment in the U K labour market. The quantitative research based on secondary source of data claims that there are some visible and invisible factors in the labour that creates discrepancy. The patterns of jobs, human capital, social and cultural differences are responsible for creating this inequality. This study aims at examining the reality at the workplace of the UK and explains the factors affecting the disparity. From the research findings it is found that the mainstream white people are in the managerial jobs with higher salary. They are favoured by the institutions. On the other hand, ethnic people do the manual jobs in the lower positions with less salary. Many institutions including the Cambridge University create discriminations for them. The human capital creates positive impact on employment. The white people are highly skilled and qualified whereas ethnic are not. Even having same qualified degree ethnic minorities are employed in the lower position not unlike white mainstream. Since white people can maintain wide network, big group, the employment environment favours them which goes against the minorities. Cultural difference and family values are the cause of employment inequality. Although the U K government has been trying to create sustainable, comfortable labour market, there has been unfairness in terms of race and ethnicity in the formal sectors of labour market.
关键词：Ethnic minorities; Employment; Inequality; Workplace