The Ethnic Penalty: Immigration, Education and the Labour Market

by Reza Hasmath

Overview

The Ethnic Penalty argues that a penalty has impeded the occupational success of ethnic minorities during the job search, hiring and promotion process. In this context, the book examines whether explanatory factors such as discrimination, an individual's social network, a firm's working culture, and a community's social trust are major contributing reasons behind this apparent penalty, whilst also making suggestions for improvement for visible ethnic minorities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409494966
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	02/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Reza Hasmath is Lecturer in Chinese Politics at the University of Oxford, UK and editor of Managing Ethnic Diversity.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Immigration; Education; The labour market; The penalty; Future outlook; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'The Ethnic Penalty is a compelling study that explores ethnicity and difference in a contemporary multicultural state. Skillfully meshing ethnographic field work with long term quantitative data Hasmath persuasively demonstrates the subtle and various modes of discrimination that shape the lives of migrants and their children across their life course.' Catriona Elder, University of Sydney, Australia 'For those who have never worried about the part their ethnicity plays in occupational achievements, living and working in their countries of birth, The Ethnic Penalty by Dr Reza Hasmath of the University of Melbourne is an eye-opening experience. Using information obtained in Toronto, the book explores the myriad reasons currently in circulation for why ethnic minorities have difficulties achieving same occupational levels as their non-ethnic counterparts, despite being increasingly educated in common schools and universities... The book’s large amount of quantitative data, coupled with the extensive field work, help make for a compelling read that truly highlights this area of research’s many issues... a compelling and thought-provoking read, highlighting the many forms of discrimination immigrants can face over their lifetime, as well as the manifestation of this discrimination in the education and labour market.' Migration Australia 'The empirical evidences in this book are impressive... Hasmath’s contribution to the study of social position of non-white immigrants in Canada is noteworthy. It provides a lucid and intriguing read into the ethnic penalty, which shapes the lives of migrants and their offspring, and will be of great value to scholars and practitioners in the field of migration.' Ethnic and Racial Studies 'This study makes a valuable contribution to a concept which has received only relatively recent attention, and that mainly of an academic, rather than practical nature. If the efforts of Toronto to become a truly cosmopolitan city are to be re

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