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Decline and fall: Unemployment among Britain's non‐white ethnic communities 1960–1999

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  • Derek Leslie
  • Joanne Lindley
  • Leighton Thomas

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The declining employment fortunes of Britain's non‐white communities, relative to whites, are explained. To achieve this comparison, some historical official sources of unemployment data are reviewed. The earliest known official time series on unemployment of non‐whites dates back to 1960. This historical context is explored, especially the reluctance to make the early data more widely known. An unemployment series for non‐white males and females from 1970 to 1999 is derived in two separate ways by splicing together official sources. These series are compared with unemployment of whites to demonstrate a relative increase in unemployment of non‐whites.

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  • Derek Leslie & Joanne Lindley & Leighton Thomas, 2001. "Decline and fall: Unemployment among Britain's non‐white ethnic communities 1960–1999," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 164(2), pages 371-387.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jorssa:v:164:y:2001:i:2:p:371-387
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00208
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    1. Andreas Georgiadis & Alan Manning, 2011. "Change and continuity among minority communities in Britain," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 24(2), pages 541-568, April.
    2. Alper Kara & Philip Molyneux, 2017. "Household Access to Mortgages in the UK," Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer;Western Finance Association, vol. 52(3), pages 253-275, December.
    3. Johnston, David W. & Lordan, Grace, 2016. "Racial prejudice and labour market penalties during economic downturns," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 57-75.
    4. Shirley Dex & Jo Lindley, 2007. "Labour market job matching for UK minority ethnic groups," Working Papers 2007003, The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics, revised Jan 2007.

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