Explained and unexplained wage gaps across the main ethno-religiuos groups in Great Britain

TY - JOUR

T1 - Explained and unexplained wage gaps across the main ethno-religiuos groups in Great Britain

AU - Nicoletti, Cheti

AU - Longhi, Simonetta

AU - Platt, Lucinda

PY - 2013/4

Y1 - 2013/4

N2 - We analyse the difference in average wages (the so called ‘wage gap’) of selected ethno-religious groups in Great Britain at the mean and over the wage distribution with the aim of explaining why such wage gaps differ across minority groups. We distinguish minorities not only by their ethno-religious background, but also by country (UK or abroad) in which people grew up and acquired their qualifications. We find that within all minority ethno-religious groups the second generation achieves higher wages than the first generation, but the amount that is explained by characteristics does not necessarily increase with generation.

AB - We analyse the difference in average wages (the so called ‘wage gap’) of selected ethno-religious groups in Great Britain at the mean and over the wage distribution with the aim of explaining why such wage gaps differ across minority groups. We distinguish minorities not only by their ethno-religious background, but also by country (UK or abroad) in which people grew up and acquired their qualifications. We find that within all minority ethno-religious groups the second generation achieves higher wages than the first generation, but the amount that is explained by characteristics does not necessarily increase with generation.

KW - Ethnicity

KW - Religion

KW - Wage gap

KW - Quantile regression

KW - Decomposition

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84875598037&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1093/oep/gps025

DO - 10.1093/oep/gps025

M3 - Article

SN - 0030-7653

VL - 65

SP - 471

EP - 493

JO - Oxford Economic Papers

JF - Oxford Economic Papers

IS - 2

ER -