ABOUT THIS BOOK

Despite laws and policy measures being developed at the European, national, and local levels, job-seeking immigrants and ethnic minorities still suffer unequal access and ethnic discrimination. This important volume—divided into sections on discrimination, gender, equity policies, and diversity management—compares several European labor markets, recommends methods for conducting further research, and evaluates the actual effects of discrimination-combating policies.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Karen Kraal and Judith Roosblad are affiliated with the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies at the University of Amsterdam. John Wrench is affiliated with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights in Vienna and the Centre for Migration and Refugee Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

REVIEWS

"This edited volume is a welcome and much-needed addition to the European equality and diversity literature. It is clear, thorough, informative, critical and thought-provoking. A must-read for diversity researchers."
Gill Kirton, Reader in Employment Relations, School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London
“This lucid and informative book details employment inequality by ethnicity and gender across Europe and makes a compelling, sophisticated, business case for better integrating the workforce. It should be required reading for academics, policymakers and, most of all, employers.”
Frank Dobbin, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University

“This book offers a multifaceted look at today’s immigrant employment opportunities: the gender differences found in the labour market, ethnic discrimination and diversity management. Useful for scientists, researchers, employers and the job-seeking public.”
Elli Heikkilä, Docent, Research Director, Institute of Migration, Turku, Finland

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

1 The ideal of equal opportunities and the practice of unequal chances

Karen Kraal, John Wrench, Judith Roosblad and Patrick Simon

Introduction

Democratic states’ idealism versus reality

Explaining unequal opportunities

How can societies combat discrimination and create equal opportunities?

The focus and organization of this book

The role for future research

2 Ethnic inequality and discrimination in the labour market

Angela Nilsson and John Wrench

Introduction

Comparative data on employment rates

Data on inequality in working conditions

Evidence of discrimination

Types of discrimination

Conclusion

3 Migrant and minority women, inequalities and discrimination in the labour market

Eleonore Kofman, Judith Roosblad, and Saskia Keuzenkamp

Introduction

Labour participation and unemployment of men and women, both migrant and native

Differences in sectors of employment

Income, working conditions and terms of employment

Deskilling and underutilization of skills and educational qualifications

Immigration, legal status and employment

Conclusions

4 Employment equity policies in work organisations

Stijn Verbeek and Rinus Penninx

Introduction

Different concepts and perspectives

Classifications of employment equity policies

Existence of employment equity policies and their evaluation

Conclusions

5 Diversity management and the business case

Michael Fischer

Introduction

What is diversity management?

The benefits of diversity management

The implementation of diversity management

The business case: the diversity-performance link

Contextualising the impact of diversity

The business case for diversity management