What are the causes/drivers of the ethnic minority employment gap? What are the barriers to entry and progression in the labour market for ethnic minorities?
Background
This encompasses priorities around:
- supporting the economy and ensuring the UK’s long-term prosperity by delivering the Plan for Jobs
- ensuring that it pays to work, and supporting in-work progression
- supporting those facing barriers to work to reach their potential in the labour market via Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs), In-Work Progression, support for older Jobseekers and the Youth Offer
Next steps
Send correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Economic opportunities across racial and ethnic groups in the United Kingdom
The UK is increasingly ethnically diverse. There have been significant improvements in the economic and educational success of some ethnic minorities in recent years, but not all have shared in this success, and nor has ...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project investigates ethnic economic inequalities in the UK, their causes, and potential solutions, which directly addresses the question.
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Measuring inequality-driven skills gaps in the UK labour market
To unlock the full potential of the UK economy, structural inequalities within the UK labour market must be addressed. To do this, we must understand how structural inequalities shape the skills that workers within the l...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically focuses on measuring inequality-driven skills gaps in the UK labor market, which directly relates to understanding the barriers to entry and progression for ethnic minorities.
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Exploring the nexus between immigration, integration and labour market outcomes
Migration flows and the share of the foreign-born population have increased substantially in recent decades in several advanced economies, including the UK. The increasing diversity of the population has brought the ques...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project explores the labour market performance of immigrant employees, which partially addresses the question as it pertains to a subset of ethnic minorities.