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Unequal Opportunities and Ethnic Origin: The Labor Market Outcomes of Second-Generation Immigrants in France

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  • Arnaud Lefranc

    (THEMA - Théorie économique, modélisation et applications - UCP - Université de Cergy Pontoise - Université Paris-Seine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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This paper makes two contributions to the empirical analysis of the socioeconomic achievement of ethnic minorities. The first contribution is methodological. I rely on a discussion of the concept of equality of opportunity to analyze how the disadvantage suffered by ethnic minorities should be defined and empirically measured. The second contribution is empirical. I estimate the disadvantage suffered by second-generation immigrants, in the access to education, employment and earnings in France. Contrary to most papers in this area, I identify second-generation immigrants in a consistent way, using information of parental geographic and national origin. I also discuss the extent to which measured earnings differentials reflect ethnic discrimination or ethnic-blind social inequalities. * Université de Cergy-Pontoise, THEMA and Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. Email: Arnaud.Lefranc@eui.eu. I thank Virginie Guiraudon and seminar participants at the EUI Migration working group, the INED-COMPAS workshop and the University of Evry conference on " Measuring discriminations " for useful suggestions.

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  • Arnaud Lefranc, 2010. "Unequal Opportunities and Ethnic Origin: The Labor Market Outcomes of Second-Generation Immigrants in France," Post-Print hal-01648185, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01648185
    DOI: 10.1177/0002764210368100
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    3. Arnaud Lefranc, 2018. "Intergenerational Earnings Persistence and Economic Inequality in the Long Run: Evidence from French Cohorts, 1931–75," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 85(340), pages 808-845, October.
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