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Ethnic minority grads in UK less likely to find jobs, equal pay: Study

Ethnic minority graduates in Britain lose out more on jobs. (file photo)

A new study shows ethnic minority graduates in Britain face huge discrimination when it comes to job opportunities.

The groundbreaking study, by the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, reveals British ethnic minority graduates are between 5% and 15% less likely to be employed than their white British peers six months after graduation.

Also, the gap in wages begins to further widen three and a half years after graduation, suggesting less chances of job promotions for ethnic minorities.

There are also marked disparities in wages between many ethnic minority women and black Caribbean men who do manage to find jobs after graduation and their white counterparts, according to the Guardian.

This is while minorities are highly educated on average and more likely than whites to attend universities.

The study examined data from the Destination of Leavers of Higher Education survey, conducted by the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

The study’s authors, Wouter Zwysen and Simonetta Longhi, say the inability of ethnic minority graduates to find jobs after graduation will have serious consequences for their earnings potential later in life.

In terms of earnings, black Caribbean, Pakistani and Bangladeshi women were at the greatest disadvantage and could expect to earn between 3% and 7% less than white British women from similar backgrounds with similar qualifications. Three-and-a-half years after graduation, the disparity in earnings between the two groups had stretched to almost 10%.


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